MILLIPEDS — KEETON 43 



tions, this distal portion somewhat twisted; postcingular portion of 

 telopodite slightly longer than precingiilar portion. Prefemoral 

 spine large. 



Color of specimens faded, pattern apparently of bimaculate type. 



Type locality: Mendota, Washington County, Va. Known only 

 from the type locality. 



Type specimens: Collected by Dr. and Mrs. S. T. Brooks, July 30, 

 1941. Male holotype in the U. S. National Museum. Male para- 

 type retained in the author's collection. 



Discussion: The form of the male gonopods in this species is so 

 distinctive that I can detect no evidence of close relationships with 

 any other known species of the genus. 



In the illustrations of the gonopod of this species no caudal view is 

 given inasmuch as it would show nothing not already shown in the 

 cephalic view. In addition, a ventral view of the distal portion of 

 the telopodite is substituted for a mesial view. 



Brachoria plecta, new species 



Figure 8a-c 



Diagnosis: Distinguished from all other species of the genus 

 except separanda and calcaria by the enlarged portion of the telopodite 

 of the male gonopod just distal to the cingulum. Differs from 

 separanda in the size of the gonopod, the absence of a prefemoral spine 

 on the gonopod, and the twisted and hooked shape of the telopodite 

 distal to the enlarged portion. Differs from calcaria in all these 

 characters and also in lacking teeth on the precingular portion of the 

 telopodite. 



Description: Length of male holotype, 36 mm.; width, 10 mm.; 

 length of male paratj^pe, 40 mm.; width, 9 mm. 



CoUum ellipsoidal, ends of paranoia broadly rounded; paranoial 

 swellings well defined in holotype, absent in paratype; ridges present 

 along cephalic edges of paranoia. 



Paranoial swellings well dejEined on segment 2 and all succeeding 

 segments in holotype; absent on 2, weak on 3, well-defined on 4 and 

 aU succeeding segments in paratype. Paranoia of segments 2-6 

 round, those of segments 7-14 rather square; paranoia of last few 

 segments bluntly triangular. 



Sternum of 3d pair of legs with usual processes; sterna of 4th and 

 5th legs with very small mounds; sternum of 6th legs mth mounds 

 only barely noticeable. 



Coxal armature moderate. 



Male gonopods of medium size (about 1.94 mm. in telopodite arc 

 length and 1.56 mm. in arc width); curving mesiad, then cephalo- 

 dorsad, then laterad, then hooked caudad; portion of telopodite just 



