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male examined closely has fewer setae on the VPprongs, 3 ventral and 6 or 7 lateral, but does not appearto differ from the Californian males in glanscharacters.The single female from a cave locality (ShastaLake Caverns) has distinctly longer appendages. ItsLII/SL = 3.27; for all remaining individuals examined(N = 22) the LII/SL ratio ranges from2.60-3.10 (mean = 2.79). This specimen is alsoslightly less pigmented but otherwise, including thetarsal count, resembles those from surface habitats.Natural History.-Collected from beneath rocksand logs and in duff in coniferous and riparian forests.One specimen is from a cave.Material Examined.-UNITED STATES: California:Shasta Co.: near west entrance CastleCrags State Park, 6 May 1967, under granite, pinewoodland (T. Briggs, K. Hom, and A. Jung, CAS),13 males (including type), 5 females; 5 mi SWRound Mountain, 7 May 1967, under limestone,pine woodland (T. Briggs and A. Jung, CAS), 6males, 3 females; Clear Creek Camp, ShastaNational Forest, 5 Aug. 1967, under rotten log,riparian woodland (T. Briggs, CAS), 1 male, 2females; Shasta Lake Caverns, 16 mi NNE Redding,10 Apr. 1979 (D. Rudolph, B. Martin, and S. Winterath,CAS), 1 female; N of Hazel Creek, 26 June1954 (R. Schuster and B. Adelson, AMNH), 2males, 6 females; 10 mi S Dunsmuir, 2 July 1954(R. Schuster and E. Gilbert, AMNH), 1 male;Squaw Creek, 122.40, 15 July 1937 (R. Chamberlin,AMNH), 1 male. Del Norte Co.: 0.3 mi SEeast entrance Jedediah Smith State Park, 25 June1966 (A. Jung and K. Hom, CAS), I male. Oregon:Jackson Co.: IS mi SW Ruch, Upper ApplegateRoad, T40S R3W sec 8, 1800', 13 Nov. 1971,berlese duff, debris, moss, bark (E. Benedict,WAS), 1 male, 1 female; 6 mi S Ruch, Upper ApplegateGrange, T39S R3W sec IS, 1600', 13 Nov.1971, berlese mixed duff, litter (E. Benedict,WAS), 1 male, 2 females.Distribution.-Known from northwestern Californiaand adjacent regions of Oregon (Map I).The kokoweeJGroupDiagnosis.-Males of this group differ fromthose of the other two groups by the followingcombination of characters: TrlV with well developedspur (Figs. 24, 25, 37); POP absent; BKabsent; BF absent; PSL2 medium sized to small,longitudinally directed (Figs. 26-29, 38-47). Females(only those of T. kokoweeJ clearly observed)have a straight ovipositor which lacks apical teeth(Figs. 30, 32, 33).Texe/La kokoweeJ, new speciesFigs. 22-33, 42, 43.Diagnosis.-Males of this species differ from allother Texella by the combined presence of a uniqueTrIV spur which is apically T-shaped (Figs. 24, 25)and a VPP which has a long, pointed AS (Figs.26-29).Type.-Male holotype from Kokoweef CrystalCave, San Bernardino County, California (30 Dec.1968; T. Briggs, B. Lum, and G. Leung), depositedin CAS.Etymology.-The specific name is a noun in appositiontaken from the type locality.Description.-Total body length, 1.67-1.82.Scute Length, 1.21-1.31. Leg II length, 3.97-4.72.Leg II/Scute length, 3.28-3.84. (N = 6).Color light brownish orange. Body coarsely rugose;tubercles present on eye mound, on the parsthoracica, tergite margins, and coxae. Carapacewith 4-8 pairs of AT arranged in two, poorly definedrows. Eye mound a broadly rounded cone,eyes well developed. Palpal megaspines: trochanter,1 ventral; femur, 1 mesoapical; patella, 2mesal; tibia, 3 mesal. Tarsal count: 3-5-4-5.Male (holotype): Total body length, 1.67. Scutelength, 1.26; width, 1.23. Eye mound length, 0.31;width, 0.31. Leg II length, 4.49. TrIV spur robust,curved, apically enlarged (T-shaped); length,0.54. POP absent.Penis (Figs. 26-29, 42, 43): VPP with 3 dorsal,10 lateral, 4 ventral setae; AS long, pointed, slightlycurved. Glans: BK absent; ML small but distinct;PSL long, ribbon-like, with subapical ectal tooth;PSL2 well developed, apically directed. S long,compressed, apically bent; BF absent; SA representedby laterobasal carina.Female (paratopotype): Total body length, 1.82.Scute length, 1.21; width, 1.33. Eye mound length,0.26; width, 0.27. Leg II length, 3.97. TrIV withtwo ventral tubercles.Ovipositor (Figs. 30, 32, 33): cuticle intricatelyfolded; surface sculpturing of minute serrations,sparse ventrally; apical teeth absent; setal pattern: Ipair ventral, 2 pairs dorsal, 4 pairs lateral.Note.-The glans of T. kokoweeJ shows dramaticchanges following treatment with KOH. Unlike thestrictly positional changes observed in the majorityof other species so treated, the glans structures inthis species are also altered in appearance. Specifically,the PSL are both inflated, especially in the179