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New record.-Quintana Roo: ?Cueva de la Abispa(det. W. J. Gertsch).Discussion.-This is a pale yellow species with longlegs and reduced eyes. It is closely related to T. ruinaGertsch from Las Ruinas de Palenque, Chiapas.Theotima pura GertschTheotima pum Gertsch, 1973b:141, 155; Reddell andElliott, 1973b: 181, 184; Hoffmann, 1976:24;Shear, 1976:249; 'Gertsch, 1977b:125; Brignoli,1978:15,16. Brignoli, 1979c:597.Type-Iocality.-Cueva de los Vampiros, 20 km NWEI Limon, Tamaulipas, Mexico.Distribution.-Known only from the type-locality.See Fig. 34.Discussion.-This species is known only by a singleeyeless female. It is the first, and only eyeless, speciesof the family known from Mexican caves.Family OonopidaeOne troglobitic oonopid, Oonops coecus (Chamberlinand Ivie), is known from Mexico. Other cavedwellingoonopids of interest include O. chickeringiBrignoli from Cueva del Panteon, Chiapas; O. mitchelliGertsch from ActUn Xpukil, Yucatan; O. reddelliGertsch from ActUn Tucil, Yucatan; Triaeris lacandonaBrignoli from Cueva de Yaxchilan, Guatemala:,~/,GUATEMALA•..:.,.. ././/(',.' "Fig. 32.-Distribution of the troglophilic nesticid spider EidmannelIa pal/ida.143