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practically glabrous, trochanters and terminal podomeres very hirsute. 

 Terminal claw curved, strong. Male with coxae of second pair of 

 legs bearing the usual knobs, these rounded distal ly. 



Gonopod with the loosely coiled blade and basal spine characteristic 

 of ApheloHa; distinct in the large subterminal expansion of telopo- 

 dite, with a small distal acumen. Blade of telopodite bent slightly 

 mesiad. In situ, blades lie against each other and directed at right 

 angles to the longitudinal axis of the body. In mesial aspect, a fur- 

 ther distinction can be seen in the deep sinus on the base of the telopo- 

 dite just behind the setiferous shoulder. Basal spine medium in size, 

 borne on a small cephalolateral shoulder. 



In life, dorsum very dark brown or black, with outer and cephalic 

 margins of collum, caudolateral halves of keels, and tip of anal seg- 

 ment bright red. Underparts yellowish tan, legs becoming lighter 

 distally, claws brown. Head dark brown above, margins of labrum 

 light yellowish brown. Antennal sockets and first three articles yel- 

 low, becoming darker distally. 



Type specimens. — Holotype and female allotype in the U. S. Na- 

 tional Museum, No. 1803. Two male paratypes in my personal col- 

 lection. No. 6-304T-lc. The allotype was collected by J. E. Graf 

 on Jmie 5, 1940, the others were taken on June 29-30, 1947, by Klein- 

 peter and me. 



Type locality. — Burkes Garden, Tazewell County, Va. The tops 

 of the surrounding mountains belong to the Canadian Zone. A speci- 

 men (the type) was taken at 4,600 feet on Beartown Mountain, in a 

 very wet forest of maple-spruce-redbud association, with mesophytic 

 herbs such as Impatiens pallida. The paratypes were found in Mill 

 Gap, at 2,900 feet, in a hemlock-laurel association. The allotype was 

 collected on Clinch Mountain (eastern rim of Burkes Garden) at 

 4,300 feet. 



A. kleinpeterl shows no close relationships with any other known 

 member of the genus. The gonopods represent, perhaps, a further 

 development of the pi<;ta type; but the red and black coloration is 

 unique for the genus. 



I take pleasure in naming this handsome species for my good friend 

 and tireless field companion, Hubert I. Kleinpeter, who secured the 

 holotype as well as many other diplopods during our investigations. 



APHELORIA PICTA, new species 



Plate 26, Figuees 5, 6 



Diagn/)sis. — A medium-sized species, characterized by the color 

 pattern of yellow keels and large reddish median blotches, and by 

 the gonopod of the male, which is very much recurved, slender, and 

 bent mesiad and distad, with a conspicious subterminal "heel." 



