1918] Chamherlin — Myriapods from Nashrille, Tennessee 23 



of one large one and several smaller ones, IV imbricated and III 

 as a rule in part faintly, the whole with a few spinelike hairs; corni- 

 cles very short, tuberculiform; rostrum reaching from somew^hat be- 

 yond metacoxa nearly to end of body (relative length, like that of 

 antennte, varying as in the other two species); legs stoutish and 

 armed with spinelike hairs, anterior tibise .1540-. 1925 mm., inter- 

 mediate tibiffi .1694-.2079 mm., metatibife .2156-.2387 mm.; 

 length of body .4620-.8470 mm., width across widest part .2618- 

 .4004 mm. 



A. prunifolio' is the first of the three to begin hatching, and in 

 Virginia it may begin as early as the middle of March. The other 

 two follow in about ten days to two weeks. 



MYRIAPODS FROM NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE. 



By Ralph V. Chamberlin, 

 Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Mass. 



The myriapods listed below are represented in a collection made 

 by Mr. Harold Cummins of Vanderbilt LTniversity in and near 

 Nashville and by him kindly sent to me for study. The collection 

 is interesting particularly because it includes numerous well pre- 

 served specimens of a new diplopod genus of the family Nanno- 

 lenidse. Three other forms represent new species, two of Fontaria 

 and one of Parajulus. There is a total of twenty-five species. 



Chilopoda. 



1. Geophilus ???or(/a.r Meinert. 



Two specimens taken in the Glendale Hills south of Nashville, 

 one on Oct. 14, 1916, and one in March, 1917. 



2. Arenophilus bipiincticeps (Wood). 



One specimen labeled as found on "Nolensville Pike, Nashville, 

 Feb. 25, 1917," and another labeled "Nashville. Nov., 1917." 



3. Gnathomerium nmbraticum (McNeill). 



One specimen taken in the Glendale Hills in April, 1917. 



4. Theatops posticus (Say). 



Glendale Hills. One specimen taken INIay, 1917, and one March 

 25, 1917. 



