chamberlin: geophiloidea of the southeastern states. 423 



Gnathomcrium americanum Ribaut, Bull. Soc. hist. nat. Toulouse, 

 1910, p. 120. 



Localities. — Watervalley and Grenada, Miss. ; ?Maplesville, Ala. ; 

 Bremen, Tallulah Falls, Ga.; Landrum, S. C; Salisbury, Saluda, 

 Hot Springs, Linville Falls, and Catawba, N. C. ; Lynchburg, Balcony 

 Falls, and Natural Bridge, Va.; White Sulphur, W. Va.; Fulton and 

 Lexington, Ky.; Altapass, Unaka Springs, Johnson City, and Russell- 

 ville, Tenn. (also Knoxville, Beaver Creek, and Mossy Creek, Tenn., 

 seq. Bollman). 



Among some specimens secured at Russellville there was a female 

 with very recently hatched young about which her body was still 

 coiled. 



LINOTENIIAE. 



Linotenia C. L. Koch. 



System der Myriopoden, 1847, p. 86. 

 The following key will aid in the recognition of the species. 



Key to species. 



a. Pairs of legs less than 60. 



b. Pairs of legs of male 47-55; of female 49-59. L.fulva (Sager). 

 bb. Pairs of legs 37-45. 



d. Caudal margin of head angularly extended from sides to 

 median line ; basal plate three times as wide as long. 



L. chionophila (Wood), 

 dd. Caudal margin of head straight or a little incurved; basal 

 plate but twice or at most 2.5 times as wide as long. 



L. branneri Bollman. 

 aa. Pairs of legs in male 67-71 ; in female 71-81. L. bidens (Wood). 



Linotenia fulva (Sager). 



Strigamiafulva Sager, Proc. Acad. nat. sci. Phil., 1856, p. 109. 



Strigamia bothriopa Wood, Journ. Acad. nat. sci. Phil., 1862, ser. 2, 

 5, p. 46. Trans. Amer. philos. soc, 1865, new ser., 13, p. 182. 



ScoUoplancs bothriopus (Wood) Meinert, Proc. Amer. philos. soc, 

 1886, 23, p. 222. 



