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which has been described. Euagrus luteus Gertsch isabundant in caveS in the vicinity of Jalpan and Pinalde Amoles, Queretaro. It has small eyes and slightlyattenuate appendages and is probably a troglophile.Brignoli (1974b) described E. lynceus from Cuevadel Diablo, Huehuetenango, Guatemala; it is alsoa troglophiie. A species of troglobite remains to bedescribed from a cave in San Luis Potosi.Euagrus cavernicola GertschEuagrus cavernicola Gertsch, 1971a:47, 48-49; Reddelland Mitchell, 1971b:186, fig. 11; Brignoli,1973b:327; Gertsch, 1973b:142, 145; Mitchelland Kawakatsu, 1973a:671, 673; Reddell, 1973a:33, 38; Reddell and Elliott, 1973b:181; Brignoli,1974b: 199; Hoffmann, 1976:16.Type-locality.-Cueva de la Capilla, El Porvenir,13.5 km NW of Gomez Farias, Tamaulipas, Mexico.Distribution.-Known from three caves in theSierra de Guatemala, Tamaulipas. See Fig. 26.Records.-Tamaulipas: Cueva de la Capilla, HarrisonSinkhole, and Cueva de la Mina.Discussion.-This pale, eyeless species is comparativelycommon in the caves of the Sierra de Guatemala,although no fully mature specimens have yetMEXICOGUATEMALA/.//r·\,.... r".-'Fig. 26.-Distribution of troglobitic and troglophilic spiders of the suborder Mygalomorphae: 1, Euagrus cavernico1a;2, Schizopelma elliotti; 3, Euagrus n. sp.; 4, S. stygia; 5, E. anops; 6, E. luteus; 7, Schizopelma n. sp. 1; 8, S. reddelli; 9, Schizo·pelma n. sp. 2; 10, E. Iynceus.134