IV. 



A CATALOGUE OF THE KNOWN MYRIAPODA OF NORTH AMERICA, 



NORTH OF MEXICO.* 



KY CHARLES HARVEY BOIXMAN. 



In examining the literature relating' to the North American Myria- 

 poda, I have found descriptions of a large number of species which do 

 not seem to be known to specialists working in this branch. On ac- 

 count of these and the number of species recently described I have 

 deemed it best to form a catalogue, believing it would be the best 

 means of bringing these facts before students. I have used the same 

 divisions as used by Packard in the Third Report of the U. S. Entomo- 

 logical Commission. 



Order DIPLOPODA. 

 Suborder COLOBOGNATHA. 



Family POLYZONID^. 



I. POLYZONIUM Brandt. 



1. P. rosalbum (Cope). 



Petaserpcg rosalbus Cope. Trans. Amer. Entom. Soc, in, 65 (1870). 

 fTexaglatit cryptocephala McNeill. Proc. V. S. Nat. Mas., x, 328 1 1X87).— E. 



II. OCTOGLENA Wood. 



1. O. bivirgata Wood. Proc. Phila. Acad., 1864, 186; Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc xm, 

 22!> (1865). Georgia. 



III. PLATYDESMUS Lucas. 



1. P. lecontei (Wood). 



Brachycybe lecontei Wood. Proc. Phila. Ac-ad. 1864, 187 ; Trans. Amer. Philos. 

 Soc, xm, 230 (1865). — Georgia, Tennessee. 



2. P. roseus (Murray). 



Brachycybe rosea Murray. Economic Entomology, I, Aptera, 21 (1877). 

 Platydesmus californicus Karsch. Mitth. Miinch. Ent. Ver., iv, 11 1 (1881). 

 California. 



* In Mr. 1 tollman's MSS., sent me for examination after his death, there appeared 

 this paper. In its original form the references to literature were given in footnotes, 

 which made up fully half the paper. There were no references to species described 

 in Wood's Myriapoda of North America (18G5), and no synonyms were given. These 

 have been added, together with additional species from his latest published papers, 

 and the footnotes have been uniformly incorporated into the text, believing that 

 this form will be most convenient for reference. In the geographic distribution NE. 

 refers to the Atlantic Province, northern part; SE. to the Atlantic Province, south- 

 ern part; and 1'. to the Pacific Province. — E. M. UNDERWOOD. 



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