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philes. Pseudothelphusa (Pseudothelphusa) sonoraeRodriguez and Smalley was described from a streamin Mina La Aduana, Sonora (Rodriguez and Smalley,1972); P. (Tehuana) cordobensis Rodriguez andSmalley is known only from Cueva de Ojo de AguaGrande, Veracruz (Rodriguez and Smalley, 1972);Isabellagordonia (Phrygiopilus) acanthophallus (Smalley)is known from Cueva Seamay, Alta Verapaz,Guatemala (Smalley, 1970); and 1. (P.) 10ngipesPretzmann is known only from Grutas de Lanquin,Alta Verapaz, Guatemala (Pretzmann, 1972).Typhlopseudothelphusa juberthiei DelamareDebouttevilleTyphlopseudothelphusa juberthiei Delamare Deboutteville,1976:837, 838, 839, fig. G-1; DelamareDebou tteville and Juberthie, 1976: 19:Delamare Deboutteville, 1977:115, 119, 122, 123,125-126,127,128, fig. 6-7,14-15.Typhlopseudotelphusa juberthiei: Cottarelli and\rgano,1977:212 (erroneous spelling).Type-Iocality.-Grotte de Chicam, Sierra de Chama,Alta Verapaz, Guatemala.Distribution.-Known only from the type-locality.See Fig. 16.Discussion.-Delamare Deboutteville (1977) hasdiscussed at leng:th the habitat and relationships ofthis and the following species.Typhlopseudothelphusa mitchelli DelamareDebou ttevilleTyphlopseudothelphusa mitchelli Delamare Deboutteville,1976:8:17, 838, 8:39, fig. D-F; DelamareDeboutteville and J uberthie, 1976:23: DelamareDeboutteville, 1977:115, 119, 121, 124,125,126,127,128,129, fig. 5,9-1:3.Typhlopseudotelphusa mitchelli: Cottarelli and Argano,1977:212 (erroneous spelling).Type-Iocality.-Grottes C3 et (;3, sierra de Pampurau Guatemala, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala.Distribution.-Known only from the two caveslisted as the type-locality. See Fig. 16.Discussion.-lt is not known which of the twocaves listed above is that from which the holotypewas taken. Delamare Deboutteville (1977) reportedthat a specimen of T. mitchelli collected on 29 April1976 carried 48 egb'S.Typhlopseudothelphusa mocinoi RiojaTyphlopseudothelphusa n. g., n. sp.: Rioja, 1953a:291,292,293 (nomen nudum).Typhlopseudothelphusa mociiloi Rioja, 1953b:218­225, fig. 1-12; Rioja, 1971:548; Hobbs et al.,1977:7, 10.Cangrejo ciego: Rioja, 1953e:11, fig. 2.Typhloseudothelphusa mocifioi: Rioja et al., 1961:313; Hartnoll, 1964b:78 (erroneous spelling).Typhlopseudothelphusa mocinoi: Nicholas, 1962:174; Hartnoll, 1964a:I64; Hartn011, 1964b:79;Holthuis, 1964:65; Thines and Tercafs, 1972:68;Delamare Deboutteville, 1976:837,838, 839, fig.A-C; Delamare Deboutteville and Juberthie, 1976:23, fig. 3; Delamare Deboutteville, 1977:115, 116,119,120,124,126, fig. 1,4.Typhlopseudotelphusa mocinoi: Vandel, 1964: 183;Vandel, 1965a:142; Delamare Deboutteville,1971:60; Cottarelli and Argano, 1977:212 (erroneousspelling).Potamocarcinus (Typhlopseudothelphusa) mocinoi:Pretzmann, 1965:2 (by implication); Smalley,1970:102; Reddell, 1971a:217, 219; Reddell,1971b:26; Reddell and Mitchell, 1971c:2; Pretzmann,1972:7, 64 (by implication), 81, fig. 19,730-732; Sbordoni et al., 1974:9; Hobbs et al.,1977:6, 12,28, 144-145, fig. 67.?Cave crab: Barr, 1968a:82.Potamocarcinus (Typhlopseudothelphusa): Smalley,1970:103,105.Potamocarcinus (Typhlopseudothelphusa) mocifioi:Rodriguez and Smalley, 1972:72, 92, fig. 3, 25,26.Potamocarcinus (Typhlopseudotelphusa) mocifioi:Rodriguez and Smalley, 1972:92 (erroneousspelling).Potamocarcinus (Typhlopseudotehlphusa) mocifioi:Rodriguez and Smalley, 1972:92 (erroneous spelling).Potamocarcinus mocinoi: Sbordoni et al., 1974:26.Typhlopseudothelphusa: Hobbs et al., 1977:143-144.Potamocarcinus (part): Hobbs et al., 1977:5, 142-143.Type-Iocality.-Cueva del Tio Ticho, Comitan,Chiapas, l\lexico.Distribution.-Known only from three caves inChiapas. See Fig. 16.Records.-Chiapas: Cueva de Los Llanos, Cueva delos MurcieIagos, and Cueva del Tio Ticho.Discussion.-1n Cueva del Tio Ticho this species inhabitsthe lowest level of the cave. A female with 75eggs and another with 57 young were collected on21 August 1967 on a mud slope above the cavestream. In Cueva de Los Llanos and Cueva de los MurcieIagosthe crabs inhabited a small stream passageover which bats roosted, and in association with blindasellid isopods (Caecidotea chiapas) and planarians(Dugesia mckenziei).113