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of coxae separated by more than a diameter and the ster- 
num carried between; abdomen oval, pointed above the 
spinnerets, two-thirds as wide as long, brown with five 
white spots, at the base a corneons line which may be 
the remnant of a sound organ, but no cross ridges on the 
cephalothorax remain, many long scattered hairs from 
corneons pits, venter pale, with a strongly marked epi- 
gastric scutum that covers the basal third and connects 
Figure 1. Mufila texana spec. nov. $ . A, Dorsal view. B, Left palpus, 
lateral view. 
with the corneous ridge on the dorsum, a broad dark ring 
surrounds the spinnerets which may be chitinized, spin- 
nerets small, posterior spiracle probably opens directly 
anterior to the spinnerets, two small chitinized ovals 
about the middle of the venter, may be muscle spots; 
1 2 3 4 * 
legs , ■ q 0 n 0 a , rather short, pale yellow, with the 
2.U l.o 2.U 2.0 
* The leg formula used was suggested by Mrs. Harriet Frizzell and modi- 
fied by Dr. Alex. Petrunkevitch in “A Study in Amber Spiders , ” Trans. 
Conn. Acad., 1942, 34, p. 137. The lower figure represents the length of 
the leg divided by the length of the carapace. 
