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Type-locality.-Gruta de Atoyac, Veracruz, Mexico.Distribution.-Known only from two caves nearCordoba, Veracruz. See Fig. 53.Records.-Veracruz: Grutas de Atoyac and Cuevadel Ojo de Agua Grande.Discussion.-This species lacks pigment, and theocelli are reduced to 10. It is the most highly caveadaptedmember of the genus in Mexico.Cleidogona felipiana ShearCleidogonafelipiana Shear, 1974:254-255, fig. 9-13.Type-locality.-Cueva del Rayo de San Felipe, SanCristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico.Distribution.-Known only from the type-locality.See Fig. 53.Discussion.-This probable troglobite is lacking inpigment and has fewer ocelli than most epigean species.This species is most closely related to C. decurvaShear, an epigean species from Chiapas. It is a memberof the stolli group which, in addition to the twoChiapas species, includes species from El Salvador andGuatemala.MEXICO///)I\ /'v/IIIIII:/GUATEMALAil" /............... _ L..J ..../- _r,- f-.-.-._._' I[\_// "'-... I i,,_I'-.....I/i\./)'"'-.,/----'IiL///r\rr-'.-"Fig. 53.-Distrihution of troglobitic and troglophilic millipeds of the families Cleidogonidae and Trichopetalidae; 1, Cleidogonacrystallina and C. pecki; 2, Mexiterpes sabinus; 3, M. egeo; 4, M. FlShi; 5, C. mayapec, C. totonaca, and M. metallicus;6, C. crucis; 7, C. baroqua; 8, C. hunapu; 9, C. jelipiana.176