DELTOTARIA MILLIPEDS—HOFFMAN PAK 
The color pattern appears to be much the same in all of the species. 
One character which seems to be constant and doubtless significant 
at the species level is the form of the caudolateral corner of the para- 
nota. In two species (tela and lea) the peritremata are prolonged 
slightly caudad beyond the caudal edge of the paranota and result in 
a small but distinct projection (fig. 1d). In brimleardia and mariana 
(and, I suspect, also in brimlew), the caudolateral corner of the para- 
nota is evenly rounded (fig. le). If the last three forms mentioned 
eventually prove to be conspecific, this character is one which may 
be diagnostic for a given species, but also one shared by other species 
Ficure 4.—Distribution of the six species of Deltotaria: Solid square, D. brimleii; solid 
triangle, D. brimleardia; solid inverted triangle, D. tela; solid spot, D. philia; open triangles, 
D. mariana; open spot, D. lea. 
separated by other details. For instance, I think it very unlikely 
that tela and lea will be found to be conspecific, yet they are very 
similar in paranotal configuration. 
The gonopods are basically similar in general form, with specific 
differences chiefly in the shape of the coxal apophysis and the terminal 
end of the telopodite. The former is not distinctive for four of the 
species, but is appreciably shortened in lea and remarkably elongated 
in philia. The prefemur of the telopodite is produced on the coxal 
side into a short, blunt homolog of a prefemoral process in all of the 
