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Description.-Female holotype: Length 3.9 mm.Carapace 1.9 mm long, 1 nun wide. Abdomen 2 mmlong, 1.2 rom wide. Chelicerae: retromargin of fangwith 5 teeth. Leg lengths: first femur 1.4 mm,fourth femur 1.6 mm; first patella-tibia 1.8 mm,fourth patella-tibia 2 mm. Leg spines: first andfourth tibiae 2-2-0.Male: Length 2.8 mm. Carapace 1.4 mm long,1.1 mm wide. Abdomen 1.4 rom long, 1.1 mmwide. Chelicerae: retromargin of fang with 5 teeth.Leg lengths: first femur 1.2 mm, fourth femur 1.4mm; first patella-tibia 1.5 mm, fourth patella-tibia1.5 mm. Leg spines: first and fourth tibiae 2-2-2.Male palpus (Figs. 157-158).Type-data.-Female holotype from Powell'sCave, 8 miles west of Menard, Menard County,Texas, 16 September 1978 (1. Reddell), from M­section maze (AMNH).Distribution.-Known only from Powell's Cave.Other records, 30 September 1967 (1. Reddell, D.Meredith), 2 females; 16 September 1964 (1. Reddell,D. McKenzie), 1 male, 3 females, 2 immature;26 January 1989 (W.R. Elliott), I penultimate male;28 January 1989 (W.R. Elliott), I immature; 28 October1989 (George Veni), 1 immature.Cicurina ezelli, new speciesFigs. 61-62Diagnosis.-Eyeless troglobite of Ezell's Cave,Hays County, Texas; ovate spermathecum with largerounded sac; index coil of epigynum with largegently procurved canal across sac in oblique position;connecting canal forming quite close looparound spermathecal parts. Male unknown.Etymology.-Specific name for Ezell's Cave.•• •• •••••• •••• • ••_-I~""'-"'-•••• ••••••••Map 2.-Distribution of eyeless Cicurina (Cicurella) spp.in Texas.99