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Leg formula: 4123. First leg twice as long ascarapace; fourth leg two and half times as long ascarapace; patella-tibia of first and fourth legs shorterthan carapace; metatarsus-tarsus of fourth leg aboutas long as carapace.Male palpus (Figs. 37-38): tegulum with threeincomplete tubules; tarsal process of tibia with longfold less than half its width; adjacent transverse spurof typical size.Type-data.-Female holotype from Sumpter,Bradley County, Arkansas, 17 November 1963(Leslie, collected from pine-oak woods) (AMNH).Distribution.-Known only from Sumpter. Otherrecords: September and November 1963 and 1964(Leslie) (AMNH); September 1963, probably fromcan traps, in Exline-Peck Collection (CAS).Cicurina harrietae, new speciesChart 1, Figs. 9-10Diagnosis.-Eight-eyed epigean species of Alton,Oregon County, Missouri; eyes of front row contiguous(Chart 1); index coil of epigynum (Figs.9-10) wide canal lying across spermathecum. Maleunknown.Etymology.-Specific name for the late HarrietE. Frizzell, friend and student of the genusCicurina.Description.-Female holotype: Length 4 mm.Carapace 1.7 mm long, 1 mm wide. Abdomen 2.4mm long, 1.5 mID wide. Eye group half as wide ascarapace and clypeus as high as full diameter of anteriorlateral eye; eyes large (Chart 1) with tuberclesblack; anterior eye row moderately recurved withlarger eyes contiguous; posterior eye row essentiallystraight with median eyes separated by less than fulldiameter and half as far from lateral eyes.Chelicerae: retromargin with 8 teeth, three of themlarger. Leg lengths: first femur 1.3 mm, fourth femur1.4 mm; first patella-tibia 1.7 mm; fourthpatella-tibia 1.8 mm.Epigynum (Figs. 9-10): spermathecum roundwith broad juncture to smaller round sac; connectingcanals thick tubes rather closely encircling the spermathecum.Type-data.-Female holotype from Alton, OregonCounty, Missouri, May 1956