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(Fig. 19) and seems to indicate a close relationship with species such 
as Opopaea lutzi Pet. where the male palp has no greatly inflated 
patella such as occurs in species like Opopaea timida Chick, and 
numerous others to be treated later. 
Records. No male paratypes have been found in the collection. 
The female, regarded as the described female paratype of this species, 
is from Valparaiso, Florida, April 1946 (Edwards). 
Opopaea floridana (Banks) 
Figures 20-21 
Gamasomorpha floridana Banks, 1896: 57. The female holotype from Punta 
Gorda, Florida is in the Museum of Comparative Zoology, examined. 
Banks, 1904: 122; 1910: 5; Petrunkevitch, 1911: 126; Roewer, 1942: 286; 
Bryant, 1945: 199, not the male described as the allotype; this specimen 
was misidentified and is now placed with Opopaea brasima sp. nov. ; 
Comstock, 1948: 309; Bonnet, 1957: 1930. 
Two specimens are in the type vial; one is somewhat injured 
with cephalothorax and abdomen detached ; the other is in good con- 
dition and has been used in this study. As indicated above, I cannot 
accept the male described as the male of this species. Several features 
seem to me to separate it very definitely from Banks’ species. 
Female holotype. Total length 1.85 mm. Ratio of eyes ALE : 
PME : PLE = nearly 7 : 6 : 5. ALE separated from one an- 
other by a little more than their diameter (Fig. 20) ; separated from 
PME and PLE by a broad line. PME contiguous as usual and 
separated from PLE by nearly one half their width. The epigynal 
area (Fig. 21) seems to indicate that this species is closely related 
to Opopaea lutzi Pet. I am inclined to the belief that when the male 
of this species is definitely identified it will be found to belong to the 
group in which the palpal patella is not greatly inflated nor with the 
palpal tibia so much diminished {Opopaea lutzi Pet. and Opopaea 
calona sp. nov.) 
Opopaea lutzi Petrunkevitch 
Figures 22-27 
Opopaea lutzi Petrunkevitch, 1929: 61, figs. 42-50. The male holotype from 
Desecheo Island, Puerto Rico is probably in the American Museum 
of Natural History, New York City. Bryant, 1940: 267; Roewer, 1942: 
288; Bonnet, 1958: 3197. 
In addition to the holotype male Dr. Petrunkevitch also had an 
immature specimen taken with the holotype and a male and two im- 
mature specimens from Dorado, Puerto Rico. Miss Bryant (1940) 
had both sexes from Cuba. The species is now believed to be widely 
distributed in Central America and the West Indies as I hope to 
