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Discussion.-This is a phreatic species most closelyrelated to B. holsingeri.Bogidiella pasquinii Ruffo and Vigna TagliantiBogidiella pasquinii Ruffo and Vigna Taglianti, 1977:141-146, 148, 149, 150, 151, 168, 169, 170, fig.7-9,21; Argano, 1977: 116.Type-locality.-Cueva de los Resadores, S. Eulalia,Huehuetenango, Guatemala.Distribution.-Known only from the type-locali ty.See Fig. 12.Discussion.-This species was taken in associationwith Caecidotea mitchelli and planaria. It is related toB. holsingeri.Bogidiella sbordonii Ruffo and Vigna TagliantiBogidiella sbordonii Ruffo and Vigna Taglianti, 1974:107-111, 11:'>-115, 121, 129, 130-131, 132, fig.2-7,14; Sbordoni et al., 197-1-:29: Holsinger, 1977:15; Ruffo and Vigna Taglianti, 1977:126, 131­1:'>4, 141, 16~ J68, 170, 171, fi~2.1,21.Bogidiella: Sbordoni et al., 1977:5-;-: Vigna Taglianti,1977:332.Bogidiella cfr. sbordonii: SLordoni Pi aI., 1977:74,pI. llc.Type-Iocality.-Cueva de Cerro 13rujo, Kancho delCie/ito, Ocozocoautla, Chiapas, .\lexico.Distribution.-Known from three caves in Chiapas.See Fig. 12.Records.-Chiapas: Cueva de Cf'rro 13rujo, Cuevade los Chivos, and Cueva de la Planta n. 3.Discussion.-This is a typical cavernicole speciesapparently most closely related to B. tabascensis. Itwas found in rimstone pools at the type-locality.Bogidiella tabascensis VillalobosBogidiella tabascensis Villalobos, 1960:317-334, fig.1-36; Nicholas, 1962: 172; Dancau and Serban,1965:341; Holsinger and Peck, 1968:250; Holsingerand Minckley, 1971:425; Reddell, 1971b:24; Mitchell and Kawakatsu, 1972: 14; Holsinger,1973:1; Mitchell and Kawakatsu, 1973a:640;Benazzi and Giannini, 1974:52; Ruffo and Vi b '11aTaglianti, 1974: 106-107, 115, 121, 129, 130-131,132, fig. 1, 14; Sbordoni, 1974:366; Sbordoni etal., 1974: 14,15,34; Argano, 1977: 112; Holsinger,1977a:15; Ruffo and Vigna Taglianti, 1977:126,127-131, 134, 141, 168, 170, 171, fig. 1,21.Type-locality.-Grutas del Cocona, 3 km. N.:'IE.de Teapa, Tabasco, Mexico.Distribution.-Known from one cave in Tabascoand two in Chiapas. See Fig. 12.Records.-Chlapas: Cueva de Chital n. 2 and Grutasdel Rancho Nuevo; Tabasco: Grutas del Cocom1.Discussion.-This distinctive troglobite is apparentlymost closely related to B. sbordonii. It hasbeen taken in association with the troglobitic planarianOpisthobursa mexicana at the type-locality. Bogidiellatabascensis has been collected from rimstonepools in Grutas del Rancho Nuevo and from guanorichpools in Grutas del Cocona.BogidielLa vomeroi Ruffo and Vigna TagliantiBogidiella vomeroi Ruffo and Vigna Taglianti, 1977:141, 146-151,152,153,168,169,170, fig. 10-11,21.Bogidiella cfr. vomeroi: Ruffo and Vigna Taglianti,1977:151-153, 16B, fig. 12,21.Type-Iocality.-Cueva de Chanchaniptic, RanchoS. Antonio, Sitala, Chiapas, .\lexico.Distribution.-Known only from the type.localityand possibly one other cave in Chiapas. See Fig. 12.Records.-Chiapas: ?Sumidero de Canada andCueva de Chanchaniptic.Discussion.--This species is similar to B. holsingeri.The specimens from Sumidero de Canada are onlytentatively referred to this species by Ruffo andVigna Taglianti (1977). Typical specimens were takenfrom a stream also inhabited by planaria and the asellidisopod Caecidotea zullinii.Family HadziidaeThe family Hadziidae illustrates very well the distributionalpattern characterized by a concentrationof species in the reri.\lediterranean and Caribbeanregions. The Mexican troglobitic species all belong toa relatively closely related group of genera knownonly from Texas, l\lexico, and the Antilles. Two additionalgenera occur in Europe, while three related generaare known only from Reunion Island, and frommarine waters off California and in the Caroline Islands.Holsinger and Peck (1968), Holsinger andMinckley (1971), Holsinger (1973), and Stock (1977)have discussed the evolu tion and zoogeography of thefamily. A complex of new species and genera fromthe artesian well in Sail ~arcos, Hays County, Texas,is under study by Dr. John R. Holsinger and shouldhelp to elucidate the relationships of the Mexicanspecies.Mayaweckelia cenoticola HolsingerMayaweckelia cenoticola Holsinger, 1977a:19, 21-24,25, fig. 4-7; Reddell, 1977b:230, 240,244,251,252,253,277,281,290,293.New genus (part): Holsinger, 1977b:268.Type-locality.-Cenote XtacaLiha, Yucatan, Mexico.Distribution.-Known from nine caves in the YucatanPeninsula. See Fig. 12.101