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Thomas C. Barr, Jr. 
New River at Eggleston, Giles County, Virginia, and is the northernmost 
representative of the engelhardti complex. 
Pseudanophthalmus vicarius Barr 
Barr 1965:48. 
Length 3. 5-4.4, mean 3.9 mm. Similar to P. egberti but more robust 
and more convex. Pronotum with apex truncate, hind angles large and 
slightly acute, antebasal sinuation deep, basal angles weakly developed, 
base slightly concave. Elytra broader, subconvex, intervals less convex, 4 
complete inner striae, apical groove bisinuate, running to 3rd stria (no 
crosier) at level of 7th umbilicate. Labrum margin somewhat variable, 
often with low median lobe. Head more rounded than in P. egberti, 
tenerals and late tenerals with small, lemon-shaped eye rudiment visible. 
Aedeagus similar to that of P. egberti but apex more slender, briefly 
produced, and deflexed. 
This species occurs in caves of the Maiden Spring area, Tazewell 
County, Virginia: Hugh Young Cave (type locality), Bowen Cave, Fallen 
Rock Cave, Gully Cave, and Lost Mill Cave (see Douglas 1964 and 
Holsinger 1975 for locations and descriptions). 
Pseudanophthalmus paradoxus, new species 
Figs. 27, 33 
Etymology. — Latin paradoxus, “paradox.” 
Diagnosis. — A large species with greatly reduced dorsal pubescence, 
the aedeagal apex deflexed and bluntly rounded at the tip, as in P. 
vicarius. 
Description. — Length 4. 3-4.9, mean 4.7 ± SD 0.2 mm (N = 8). Form 
rather robust and depressed; shining, microsculpture on elytral disc obso- 
lescent and finely transverse; dorsally subglabrous, pubescence very short 
on pronotum and elytral disc, denser internal to elytral margins. Head 
longer than wide, a little depressed, sides moderately rounded, labrum 
singly emarginate; last segment of maxillary palp one-sixth longer than 
penultimate segment. Pronotum transverse-cordiform, 0.83-0.85 as long 
as wide, widest in apical fourth, sides convergent to prominent antebasal 
sinuation, apex wider than base and 0.75 maximum width; hind angles 
large, sharp, nearly right, basal impressions short, deep, oblique. Elytra 
1.7 times longer than wide, elongate-subparallel, depressed; humeri 
moderate, finely serrulate, setose; inner 4 striae moderately impressed 
and vaguely punctulate, intervals weakly convex; apical groove elongate, 
bisinuate, connected to 3rd stria via crosier at level of 7th umbilicate 
puncture. Aedeagus 0.95-1.00 mm long, basal bulb large and flexed at 
