. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. No. 4.— The Millipeds Collected in Appalachian Caves by Mr. Kenneth Dearolf By H. F. Loomis In the years 1935 to 1938, Mr. Kenneth Dearolf, Wyomissing Hills, West Lawn, Pennsylvania, gathered one of the most extensive collec- tions of invertebrates from caves that has been made in this country, over 60 caves in seven Eastern States, four in Texas and five in Missouri, having been visited in the project. A description of collect- ing methods and summarized results have been reported by him1, while the animals themselve
. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. No. 4.— The Millipeds Collected in Appalachian Caves by Mr. Kenneth Dearolf By H. F. Loomis In the years 1935 to 1938, Mr. Kenneth Dearolf, Wyomissing Hills, West Lawn, Pennsylvania, gathered one of the most extensive collec- tions of invertebrates from caves that has been made in this country, over 60 caves in seven Eastern States, four in Texas and five in Missouri, having been visited in the project. A description of collect- ing methods and summarized results have been reported by him1, while the animals themselves were turned over to specialists for de- tailed study. He has since published a list of the molluscs and myria- pods found in the Pennsylvania caves he visited2. The millipeds from the Eastern collection were sent for identifica- tion to the U. S. Bureau of Entomology, Washington, D. C, and by them kindly forwarded to me. The Mid-western material, composed of five species from nine caves, was sent direct to me by Mr. Dearolf. The Eastern material came from 37 caves and included 24 identifiable species and several others which, through lack of sufficient specimens, were referable only to genera. Not more than three species of millipeds were found in any one cave, as the following list of the Eastern caves and their respective milliped inhabitants shows, but it will be seen that several species were quite widely distributed. Pennsylvania 1. Aitkin Cave, Mifflin County: Conotyla vaga Loomis. 2. Brownstone Cave, Dauphin County: Conotyla vaga Loomis; Polydesmus moniliaris (Koch); Oxidus gracilis (Koch). 3. Dragon Cave, Berks County: Contyla vaga Loomis; Scytonotus granulatus (Say), possibly from Schofer Cave, Berks County. 4. Lisburn Cave, York County: Polydesmus hortus Wms. & Hef. 5. Merkle Cave, Berks County: Conotyla vaga Loomis; Polydesmus sp. 6. Schofer Cave, Berks County: Conotyla vaga Loomis; Polydesmus serratus Say; Scytonotus granulatus (Say), possibly from Dragon Ca
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