1972] 
Hoffman — Cajnbaloid Millipeds 
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Holotype, $, Zool. Samml. Munchen, from “Tasmania am Mt. Nelson.” 
new synonymy! 
Considering that Verhoeff’s illustrations of A . nichollsii were drawn 
from slide preparations and mine from unmounted gonopods, I think 
it is evident that the two names cited above refer to the same spe- 
cies. The similarity in the first pair of legs extends down to the 
minute remnant of the tarsal claw. There are a few discrepancies 
regarding the relationships of the basalmost podomeres and the ster- 
num, but again I suspect these are due to different methods of prep- 
aration (and observation). Verhoeff’s Fig. 5 shows the sternum to 
be greatly reduced, with the coxae enlarged and broadly in contact 
medially. On the uncleared specimen of A. hardy i (see Fig. 6 herein) 
I could see no distinction in the basal sclerite and presumed that it 
is a syncoxosternum. Resolution of this point awaits examination of 
fresh material. 
On the other hand, I can affirm general accord with Verhoeff’s 
representation of the anterior gonopods. In making comparisons of 
these structures, it must be remembered that Verhoeff’s Fig. 1 is 
made from the aboral aspect, my Fig. 7 from the oral side. 
From the standpoint of phylogenetic significance, we may attach 
considerable importance to the presence of a “pseudoflagellum” on 
the telopodite of Amastigogonus and some other related cambaloids. 
As noted by Verhoeff, and likewise clearly evident in my figures 7 
and 8, this structure carries a distinct groove which originates in a 
fold at the base of the telopodite. I see no reason to doubt that it 
is morphologically homologous with the seminal groove of some other 
diplopods, notably spirostreptoids, and venture the opinion that the 
gonopod of Amastigogonus represents a primitive grade of organiza- 
tion on the line leading to the elaborately modified pattern met with 
in living Spirostreptidea. In the cambaloids of this type, since the 
groove-bearing unit is relatively small and subsidiary to the bulk of 
the telopodite, the name solenomerite can, I think, be justly applied 
from the standpoints of both function and homology. 
III. Nesocambala Chamberlin, 1920 
Bull. M. C. Z., 64: 167. Type species, N. fijiana Chamberlin, by original 
designation. 
As embodied in the formation of the name, Nesocambala included 
three new species from the Fiji Islands and two from the Solomons. 
The diagnosis stated that these species collectively were similar to 
A gastrophus and Hypocambala in terms of labral teeth, but the re- 
mainder of the generic diagnosis failed to indicate whether the cited 
characters were differential or not. Examination of the type material 
