56 FAUNA OF MAYFIELD'S CAVE. 



Class MYRIAPODA. 



OrderCHILOGNATHA. 



Family BLANJULIDAE. 



Cambala annulata (Say). 



Say, Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., vol. ii, 1811, 103; Entom. Works, ed. Le Conte, vol. ii, 25 

 (Southern States). Cope, Proc. Am. Phil. Soc, 1869, 178 (Spruce Run Cave, 

 Virginia). Packard, Mem. Nat. Acad. Sci., iv, 1888, 18 and 65, pi. ix, figs. 1, la 

 (Wyandotte [Hubbard] and Little Wyandotte caves in Indiana, the Carter's caves 

 in Kentucky [Sanborn]; and Spruce Run Cave [Cope], Cave of the Fountains, and 

 Luray Cave in Virginia) . 



A single specimen of this abundant above-ground form was found 

 at "18" during IVIay. This species is common through the middle and 

 southeastern United States, and judging by the number of times it has 

 been taken in caves is not averse to life in darkness. 



Family CHORDEUMIDAE. 



Conotyla boUmanl (McNeill). 



Trichopetalum bollmani McNeill, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, 1887, 330 (Mayfield's 



Cave). 

 Scotherpes hollmani Bollman, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xi, 1888, 405 (Mayfield's, 



Neeld's, Truett's and Coon's caves in Monroe County; Pitt's and Donnehue's caves 



in Lawrence County, Indiana) . 

 Conotyla hollmani Cook & Collins, Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci., ix, 1896, 76 (same localities 



as above). Blatchley, Ind. Geol. Rep. xxi, 1896, 202 (localities as above and 



Porter's Cave). 



This is the abundant myriapod of Majrfield's Cave, and is the only 

 one which habitually reaches and stays in the remote parts of the cave. 

 It is very abundant at all seasons, particularly in the moist regions of 

 the cave. It is often found crawling over the floor, wall, or roof of the 

 cave, but is more abundant under stones and debris and is especially 

 abundant in the neighborhood of decaying organic matter. It has been 

 taken in twilight, but is not often seen there and seldom occurs nearer 

 the mouth than " 6. " It seems equally abundant in all the dark portions 

 of the cave where there is sufficient moisture. 



This myriapod is attracted to all sorts of decaying organic matter. 

 It has been seen feeding upon rotten wood, moldy candle drip, decaying 

 banana peel, feces of mice, the decayed carcass of a mouse, and the 

 various bait used to attract cave life. Of the bait used the cheese and 

 the beef attracted the greatest numbers. The more decayed and ill- 

 smelling the bait became, the greater the abundance of myriapods. 

 This species when attracted to bait sometimes burrows into the soil and 

 loosens it up underneath and about the bait until it has a very loose and 



