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Fig. 5. Palmar margin of propodus of male first pereopods: (a) Caecidotea 

 bicrenata whitei, Mill Hole, Barren Co., KY; (b)Caecidotea bicrenata bicrenata, 

 Beech Spring Cave, Marshall Co., AL; (c) Caecidotea bicrenata bicrenata, B&J 

 Cave, Morgan Co., AL. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. — I would like to thank Drs. Thomas 

 E. Bowman, John R. Holsinger, and Gerald A. Cole for reading the 

 manuscript. Much of the material examined was provided by Dr. Bow- 

 man from the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution, and by Dr. John E. Cooper, North Carolina State Museum of 

 Natural History. The Cave Research Foundation provided use of its 

 field station in Mammoth Cave National Park, and many members of 

 CRF aided in the collection of asellids in Mammoth Cave, especially 

 Mrs. Teresa M. Lewis and Mr. James Eckstein. I also thank Mr. Robert 

 Deskins, Mr. James Wiggins and the rest of the staff at Mammoth Cave 

 National Park for their cooperation in expediting my research at 

 Mammoth Cave. Funds were provided by a grant from the Research 

 Advisory Committee and the 1980 Stone Graduate Research Award of 

 the National Speleological Society, and a grant from the Graduate 

 School of the University of Louisville. This paper is Contribution #207 

 (New Series) of the Department of Biology, University of Louisville. 



