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Legs. Legs I and II more heavily chitinized than legs III and IV. Tibiotarsus of leg I (Fig. 3) thickened, claw large like robust pincers. Solenidia very short. Tarsi of legs II and III bearing no thickened hairs. Neither trochanter nor tarsus of leg IV (Fig. 4) extraordinarily elongated. Material examined. Holotypus: USA, JamesvHle.NY , 10. 27. 1975, from eagle peUet. Leg. J. R. Phitips. 1 paratype: from the same locality. The holotype is deposited in the collector's collection, the paratype (356-PT-77) in the Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest. Remarks. Among the species of the genus PygmephoreUus Cross et Moser, 1971 not one has so far been encountered with hairs strongly thickened at their bases. This feature readily separates the new species from its congeners. SiciRpes troxi sp. n. Measurements. Length: 254-267jti, breadth: 156-168/1. Habitus. Propodosoma approximately trapeze in outline, hysterosoma broadly elRptic. Body very heavily chitinized. Dorsal side (Fig. 5). Peritremes small and round. Distal end of sensiUus thickening gradually, clavate. Bothridial hairs greatly varying in length, that of exobothridium several times longer than length of sensillus. Hysterosomal hairs very long, d^ weU surpassing posterior margin of body. Hair e

2 much shorter than e^, while f

2 and fj about the same length. Segment H bearing three pairs of hairs of about equal length, h^ set somewhat in front of h

2

. Ventral side (Fig. 6). Sternal apodeme broken up into several parts with thickened sections on it. ap. 2 very thin, while sejugal apodeme thickened, ap. 4 scarcely distinguishably reaching lateral margin of sternal plate. Hair lb of epimere somewhat thickened, others thin, simple but long. 2a longer than 2b. Hairs 3a set apart from each other with same distance as in 3b. Legs. Legs heavily chitinized. Tibiotarsus of leg I (Fig. 7) strongly thickened, claw large. Solenidia short, CO j hardly longer than its breadth. Legs II and III bearing no thickened hairs. Hair dF of leg IV (Fig. 8) extraordinarily long, hardly shorter than leg itself. Hair dT Rkewise very long. Material examined. Holotypus: USA, Syracuse, NY, phoretic on Trox variolatus Mels. (Col.), 10.31. 1973, leg. J.R. PhiRps. 6 paratypes: from same locality. The holotype and 3 paratypes deposited in the coHector's coHection, 3 paratypes in the Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest (357-PT-77). Remarks. CROSS (1965) split the genus Parapygmephorus into three subgenera, of which MAHUNKA (1970) elevated Petalomium onto generic rank. The present authors consider on the basis of the examined taxon Sicilipes also as an independent genus owing to the structural differences in legs I-IV, though it is quite evident that this new genus is in close alliance with Pseudopygmephorus Cross, 1965. The new species is close to Sicilipes halictinis Cross, 1965 but the great length difference existing between hairs e^ and ^2- as we

R as the extraordinarily long dF hair readily distinguish it from the former species. It also differs from a close alliance Bakerdania problematica Mahunka, 1975* by its very long hairs. MICRODISPIDAE Brennandania jacoti sp. n. Measurements. Length: 188-192 u, breadth: 98-110p. Habitus. Outline resembRng that of typical shape, propodosoma much projecting from underneath hysterosoma. Dorsal side (Fig. 9). Peritremes slit-like, petiole of sensillus very long, thus club directed ventraUy in between legs. Bothridial hair more than twice longer than sensiUus. Hysterosomal hairs greatly varying in length, hairs c^ and Cg approximately of same length, * Bakerdania problematica Mah., 1975 = Sicilipes problematicus (Mah. , 1975) comb. n.