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Marianne E. Filka and Rowland M. Shelley 
Trichopetalidae 
Trichopetalum dux (Chamberlin, 1940) 
The specific identification of this milliped is tentative and based 
solely on previous North Carolina records. Only one female was collec- 
ted, discovered in berlesate from a deciduous litter sample taken in Gas- 
ton County in April. This is the only species of Trichopetalum known 
from North Carolina, where it was previously reported from Duke 
Forest (Chamberlin 1940a; Wray 1967) and Chatham County (Shelley 
1978). Positive identification of the Kings Mountain species awaits the 
collection of males. 
Locality. Gaston Co. — 8 km NE Gastonia, base of Spencer Moun- 
tain, along CR 2200, 1.7 km SW jet. CR 2003, 9 , 10 April 1977, M. Filka 
(NCSM A2185). 
Striariidae 
S triaria sp. 
Fig. 11 
Striaria is readily distinguished from the other chordeumids by its 
enlarged collum, crested segments, and trilobed epiproct. One adult 
female and two juveniles were taken in Gaston County in October and 
April, respectively. The adult female and one juvenile were brown with a 
pale white collum, while the other juvenile was uniformly brown. Three 
species of Striaria are known from North Carolina: two with a white 
collum — S. zygoleuca Hoffman, from Highlands, Macon County (Hoff- 
man 1950; Wray 1967), and an undescribed form from High Falls, Moore 
County (Shelley 1978) — and one with a brown collum, S. causeyae 
Chamberlin, from eight counties in the eastern Piedmont (Shelley 1978). 
The presence of differently colored collums on the Gaston County 
material suggests the presence of at least two species, but again the ab- 
sence of males precludes final determinations. For the purposes of this 
report, therefore, only one species is considered. 
Localities. Gaston Co . — 4.0 km S Bessemer City, along CR 1 125, 0.2 
km S jet. U.S. Hwy. 74^29, 9 , 17 October 1976, M. Filka andG. Wicker 
(NCSM A2215); juv., 9 April 1977, M. Filka (NCSM A2219); and 6.4 km 
SE Bessemer City, along CR 1103, jet. CR 1112, juv., 9 April 1977, M. 
Filka (NCSM A2202). 
Spirobolidae 
Narceus americanus (Beauvois, 1805) 
Figs. 12-19, Tables 1-2 
Body coloration of N. americanus is dark brown with the head, legs, 
and body segments bordered in red. As indicated in Table 3, this species 
is common in the Kings Mountain region, and adults and juveniles were 
