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Texellajungi, new speciesFigs. 60-75.Diagnosis.-Males of this species are distinguishedfrom other Texella by the following combinationof characters: VPP apically divergent; PSLclaw-like; S shorter than PSL, apically tubular; SAabsent (Figs. 66-69, 74, 75).Type.-Male holotype from 7.1 mi E Campwood,Real County, Texas (23 Sep. 1971; A. lung)deposited in CAS.Etymology.-The specific name is a patronym inhonor of Mr Albert K. S. lung, the sole collector ofthis species.Description.-Total body length, 1.54-1.92.Scute length, 1.03-1.36. Leg II length, 2.47-3.13.Leg II/Scute length, 2.30-2.66. (N = 6).Color yellowish orange. Body finely rugose; tuberclessparse, most pronounced on dorsum fromeye mound to scute posterior and intercoxal regions,inconspicuous on tergite and sternite margins. Eyemound broadly conical, eyes well developed. Palpalmegaspines: trochanter, 2 ventral; femur, 1 mesoapical;patella, 2 mesal; tibia, 3 mesal. Tarsalcount: 3-5-4-5.Male (holotype): Total body length, 1.92. Scutelength, 1.36; width, 1.23. Eye mound length, 0.37;width, 0.33. Leg II length, 3.13. TrIV spurrobust, apically enlarged, bent; length, 0.51. POPlength, 0.26. Carapace with 5-6 pairs of AT, arrangedin two rows.Penis (Figs. 63, 64, 66-69, 74, 75): VPP apicallydiverging; with 2 dorsal, 13 lateral, 3 ventral setae;AS moderate sized, elbowed, apically pointed.Glans: BK conical; ML inconspicuous; PSLclaw-like. S short, tubular; BF well developed; SAabsent.Female (paratopotype): Total body length, 1.59.Scute length, 1.03; width, 1.03. Eye mound length,0.23; width, 0.26. Leg II length, 2.47. TrIV withone ventral tubercle. Carapace with 2-3 pairs ofAT.Ovipositor (Figs. 70-73): cuticle intricately folded;surface smooth, lacking microspinations; 1 pairapical teeth present; setal pattern: 1 pair ventral, 4pairs lateral, 2 pairs dorsal.Variation.-The two male paratypes are smallerthan the holotype (scute lengths 1.08 and 1.05) andhave shorter TrIV spurs (0.33 each) and POP (0.13and 0.08).Note.-This is the only species which has asexually dimorphic number of anterior tubercles(Figs. 60-62).Natural History.-This epigean species has beencollected in oak-juniper woodland.Other Material Examined (Paratypes).­UNITED STATES: Texas: Real Co.: 7.1 mi ECampwood, 23 Sep. 1971, in oak-juniper woodland(A. lung, CAS), 2 males, 3 females.Distribution.-Known only from Real County,Texas (Maps 2-4).The mulaiki SubgroupDiagnosis.-Males of this SUbgroup are distinguishedfrom other Texella by the following combinationof characters: PSL subrectangular in shape(except in T. bilobara), somewhat folded, shorterFigs. 60-61.-Texellajl4ngi, new species, paratopotypes; 60, male, anterior half of body, lateral view;body, lateral view.61, female, anterior half of191