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Levi — Chrysso 
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University of Utah collection. — Levi, 1955, Jour. New York Ent. Soc., 
6 3 : 66, figs. 11, 12, 17, 34, 35, $ , $. 
Distribution. Panama to Peru. 
Additional records. V enezuela. Dist. Fed. Caracas, (E. Simon, 
MNHN). Carabobo: La Cumbre, S. of San Esteban, (E. Simon, 
MNHN). Ecuador. Guayas: Milagro, (H. E., D. L. Frizzell); 
Rio Chimbo, (MNHN). El Oro: Arenillas, (E. L. Moore) ; Pasaje, 
(R. Walls). Peru. Huanuco: Monzon Valley, Tingo Maria, $, cf 
(E. I. Schlinger, E. S. Ross, CAS). 
Chrysso gounellei sp. n. 
Figures 6-8 
Type. Male from Caraca, Minas Gerais, Brazil (E. Gounelle), 
in the Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris (no. 9487). 
The species is named after E. Gounelle who collected for E. Simon. 
Description. Carapace orange, eye region black. Sternum black. 
Legs yellowish to gray. Abdomen white with two black spots above 
spinnerets (Fig. 7), sometimes also with a pair of anterior spots. 
Carapace low and flat. Anterior median eyes larger than others, one 
and one-third their diameter apart, three-quarters from laterals. 
Posterior median eyes one and one-quarter their diameter apart, one 
and one-half from laterals. Chclicerae with three teeth on anterior 
margin, the middle one smallest, five sharp teeth posterior (Fig. 6). 
Abdomen longer than wide with indistinct grooves on sides (Fig. 7). 
Total length 1.9 mm. Carapace 1.0 mm long, 0.8 mm wide. First 
femur, 1.1 mm; patella and tibia, 1.1 mm; metatarsus, 0.9 mm; tarsus, 
0.5 mm. Second patella and tibia, 0.9 mm; third, 0.6 mm; fourth, 
0.9 mm. 
Diagnosis. The two prongs of the embolus (Fig. 8) of C. gounellei 
are shorter than those of the related C. nigrosternum (Keyserling) . 
Record. 6 paratypes collected with holotype. 
Chrysso nigrosternum Keyserling 
Figures 9-13 
Theridium rotundum Keyserling, 1891, Die Spinnen Amerikas, Brasilianische 
Spinnen, 3: 191, pi. 6, fig. 137, $. Female type from N. Freiburg [Nova 
Friburgo, Est. Guanabara], Brazil in the British Museum, Natural His- 
tory, examined. NEW SYNONYMY. 
Chrysso nigrosternum Keyserling, 1891, Die Spinnen Amerikas, Brasilianische 
Spinnen, 3: 206, pi. 7, figs. 148, $, $. Female, male syntypes from 
Taquara do Mundo Novo, [Rio Grande do Sul], Brazil in the British 
Museum, Natural History, examined. The female syntype is in poor 
condition. 
