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Psyche 
[September 
Measurements. Based on holotype and one male, holotype listed 
first, range of both follows: carapace length 3.85 mm, 3.85-4.40 mm; 
carapace width 2.10 mm, 2.10-2.35 mm; carapace index 54, 53-54; 
sternum length 1.70 mm, 1.70-2. 10 mm; sternum width 1.10 mm, 
1. 1 0-1.3 5 nim; sternum index 66, 64-66. 
Femur IV length 3.75 mm, 3.75-4.15 mm; femur IV width 0.45 
mm, 0.45-0.55 mm; leg thickness index 12.5, 12.5-13.6; leg length 
index 97, 94-97. 
Abdominal measurements for holotype only: abdomen length 3*9° 
mm; abdomen width 1.25 mm; abdomen index 32. 
Description. Carapace maroon-brown, surface shiny (especially 
in cephalic region) and slightly granulated. Cephalic region width 
75 _ 83% of maximum carapace width. White plumose hair pattern 
as in Fig. 8. 
Dorsum of abdomen brown-black with a moderately small dark 
red-brown dorsal sclerite extending 35% the length of the abdomen. 
A white plumose hair pattern consisting of pairs of spots and hori- 
zontal bands as in Fig. 9. Scattered long, thin erect simple hairs on 
dorsum. Area of epigastric sclerite around gonopore dark orange 
and shiny. A trace of an inframammilliary sclerite. 
Sternum deep reddish-brown, slightly granulated with sparce long 
thin simple hairs. 
Chelicerae deep red-brown. The apices of the endites and chelicerae 
with heavy scopulae. Face of chelicerae shiny with horizontal ridges 
and scattered simple hairs with a large, blunt medial tooth on each 
(Fig. 2). 
Femora, trochanters and coxae of all legs yellow. Rest of legs 
yellow with a thin red-brown retrolateral stripe on the patella-tibiae 
and metatarsi of all legs and a red-brown area around the tibia- 
metatarsus joints of legs II, III and IV. Also some red-brown 
pigmentation and very dense hairs at the distal ends of the metatarsi 
of legs III and IV. Tibia I ventral spination: 5-4. 
Pedipalp yellow with dark red-brown cymbium which lightens to- 
wards distal end. Tarsus with a small globose genital bulb drawn 
out into an extremely long neck with a moderately long, thin, 
straight embolus having a distinct twist (Fig. 15 and 16). 
Records. Rancho Grande, a research station in the Cordillera de 
1 a, Costa near Maracay, Venezuela. 
References 
Reiskind, J. 
1969. The Spider Subfamily Castianeirinae of North and Central Amer- 
ica (Araneae, Clubionidae) . Bull. M. C. Z. 138 (5): 163-325. 
Simon, E. 
1897. Histoire naturelle des Araignees. 2(1): 1-92. 
