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cylindrical, retina and cornea absent. Palpal megaspines:trochanter, one ventral; femur, one mesoapical;patella, one mesal; tibia, two mesal. Tarsalcount: 4-6 to 8-5-5.Male (holotype): Total body length, 1.28. Scutelength, 1.05; width, 0.92. Eye mound length, 0.20;width, 0.20. Leg II length, 13.4. TrIV spur vestigial,length, 0.02. POP length, 0.06.Penis (Figs. 93-96): VPP with medium-sized setaelaterally, long setae ventrally and dorsally; with2 dorsal, 13 lateral, and 4 ventral setae. Glans:BK small; ML small; PSL ventrally notched. S withapical half straight, tube-like; BF well developed;SA with lateral tooth and serrate carina.Female (paratopotype): Total body length, 1.33.Scute length, 1.18; width, 1.05. Eye mound length,0.18; width, 0.20. Leg II length, 13.1. TrIVlacking ventral tubercle.Ovipositor (Figs. 98, 100): cuticle intricatelyfolded, lacking microspines or tubercles; apical teethabsent.Other Material Examined (Paratypes).- UNIT­ED STATES: Texas: Bexar Co.: Robber BaronCave, 10 Mar. 1982 (A. Grubbs, B. Steele, and R.Waters, TMM, CAS), 2 females; 6 Apr. 1983 (R.Waters, CAS), 1 male; Jan 1984 (R. Waters,TMM), 1 female; John Wagner Ranch Cave No.3,25 Jan. 1985 (S. Harden, TMM), 1 juvenile.Distribution.-Known from cave(s) in BexarCounty, Texas (Maps 2-4).Note.-The juvenile specimen from John WagnerRanch Cave No.3 is assigned to this species onlytentatively.Texella mulaiki Goodnight and GoodnightFigs. 3,4, 101-112.Texella mulaiki Goodnight and Goodnight, 1942: 10(female holotype from Hays County, Texas, inAMNH, examined). Goodnight and Goodnight,1967:6. Reddell, 1965: 177. Mitchell and Reddell,1971:46. Davis, 1979:34.Diagnosis.-This strongly troglomorphic speciesis most closely related to T. cokendolpheri and T.hardeni from which it may be distinguished by itsglans characters: PSL lacking dorsoapical spine andII I\ I....... _J185Figs. 85-88.-Tex-ella hardeni, new species, male holotype: 85-86, penis, lateral view; 87, penis, dorsal view; 88, glans, ventralsurface. Scale bar = 0.50 mm for Fig. 85 and 0.25 mm for the others.199