MILLIPEDS OF NORTH AMERICA 65 



Brachydesmus yosemitensis Causey 



Brachjdesmus {Brachydesmus) yosemitensis Causey, 1954, Pan-Pacific 



Ent., vol. 30, No. 3, p. 224, fig. 5. 

 Type: Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 



Type Locality: Vernal Falls, Yosemite National Park, California. 

 Range : Known only from the type locality. 



Genus CHAETASPIS BoUman 



Chaetaspis Bollman, 1887, Ent. Amer., vol. 3, p. 45. 

 Generotype: Chaetaspis albus Bollman, by monotypy. 

 Range: Central eastern United States. 

 Species: Two. 



Chaetaspis albus Bollman 



Chaetaspis albus Bollman, 1887, Ent. Amer., vol. 3, p. 46. 

 Type: Collection of Indiana Univ. 

 Type Locality: Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana. 

 Range : Recorded from Kentucky and Indiana. 



Chaetaspis ohionis Causey 



Chaetaspis albus (not Bollman, 1887) WilHams and Hefner, 1928, Bull. 



Ohio Biol. Surv., No. 18, p. 110, fig. 12a. 

 Chaetaspis ohionis Causey, 1950, Ent. News, vol. 61, No. 7, p. 197. 

 Type: Collection of Miami (Ohio) Univ. 

 Type Locality : Washington and Athens Counties, Ohio. 

 Range: Known only from type locality. 



Genus DIXIDESMUS Chamberlin 



Dixidesmus Chamberlin, 1943, Bull. Univ. Utah, biol. ser., vol. 8, No. 2, 



p. 18. 

 Generotype : Dixidesmus tallulanus Chamberlin, by original designation. 

 Range: Eastern United States, dominantly in the Appalachian region. 

 Species: Eleven. 



Dixidesmus branneri (Bollman) 



Polydesmus branneri Bollman, 1887, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 11, 

 p. 620.— Loomis, 1943, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 92, No. 7, p. 405, 

 fig. 16, and pL 1, fig. 4. 



Polydesmus conlatus Chamberlin, 1943, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 

 56, p. 36, fig. 5 (type locality: Gatlinburg, Tennessee; type: collec- 

 tion of R. V. Chamberlin) . 



Type: U. S. Nat. Mus. 



Type Locality: Mossy Creek [Jefferson City], Jefferson County, 

 Tennessee. 



Range: From the Great Smokies north to eastern Kentucky and central- 

 western Virginia. 



