172 Psyche [Sept.-Dee. 
tiny conic tubercle behind, near the coxal joint of each leg. In 
the other 2 males there are no sternal tubercles. Following the 
gonopods the first joint of the legs has a small, slenderly conic 
tubercle at the ventro-distal limit in 2 males but not in the 
other; spine at end of second joint of the legs long and slender. 
Cleptoria shelf ordi sp. nov. 
A single male (M-1780) collected in cruising oak-pine woods, 
De La Howe Forest, Station 11, Georgia, July 10, 1942. 
Diagnosis: As with most species in this family, sheljordi 
differs principally from its relatives in modifications of the 
gonopods. 
Fig. 4. Cleptoria sheljordi. Left gonopod, 
posterior view. 
Description: Body strongly arched, 58 mm. long and 13 mm. 
wide; posterior edge of lateral keels slightly overlapping the 
anterior edge of the ensuing ones; dorsal surface finely coria- 
ceous. 
Color of dorsum light brown (in alcohol) to the base of the 
lateral keels which are colorless; head generally light brown 
with the antennae considerably more dilute brown; legs and 
ventral surfaces colorless. 
Gonopods as shown in figure 4. 
Sternum between the fourth legs narrow, with two small, 
high tubercles mesially in contact; fifth sternum wider and 
