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Distribution.-Known from two caves in the Sierrade Guatemala, Tamaulipas. See Fig. 27.Records.-Tamaulipas: Cueva de la Capilla andCueva de la Mina.Discussion.-This species is very closely related toC. iviei Gertsch, a troglophile known from Cueva dela Mina and Harrison Sinkhole, Tamaulipas. Brignoli(1972) found few differences, other than eyelessness,between the two species and is apparently not convincedthat they are specifically distinct.TegenariaTegenaria blanda Gertschblanda Gertsch, 1971a:105-106; Reddelland Mitchell, 1971b:185; Reddell, 1973a:38;Brignoli, 1974b:230;Hoffmann, 1976:47.Type-locality.-Cueva de la Capilla, 13.5 km NWof Gomez Farias, Tamaulipas, Mexico.Distrihution.-Known only from the type-locality.See Fig. 28.Discussion.-This is a pale orange, long-legged specieswith reduced eyes.Tegenaria caverna GertschTegenaria caverna Gertsch, 1971a:105, 106·107, fig.158-161; Roth and Brame, 1972:3; Reddell,1973a:38; Brignoli, 1974b:230; Hoffmann, 1976:47.MEXICO,,II,1_.....,\ ///'\ //, /'../IIIIGUATEMALA" I'-\.._i'-...... '\'-..i ,,.._._-_..-"ii\../III:iL.j .....i_._.-.-. IiIiiiL,... ,..."'.--//.( ./Fig. 28.-Distribution of troglobitic and troglophilic spiders of the genus Tegenaria: 1, Tegenaria gertschi; 2, T. blanda;3, T. selva; 4, T. decora; 5, T. caverna; 6, T. TOthi; 7, T. tlaxcala; 8, T. mexicana; 9, T. florea.137