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was near the surface. A field note with one collection reads: "under 

 rock at edge of creek." 



Apparently G. monticolens is active throughout the year under 

 clement weather conditions. The 15 collections at hand are distrib- 

 uted through the following months : February, Alarch, July, Septem- 

 ber, and November, 1 each; April, 4; and May, 6. Curiously, I have 

 not collected immature specimens referable to this species. Presum- 

 ably there is a simamer-long mating season, but I have found mated 

 pairs only in September. 



Figure 26. — Distribution records for Gyalostethus monticolens (Bollman): Each dot is a 



separate locality. 



Distribution. — In and adjacent to the Southern Section of the 

 Blue Ridge Physiographic Province. The known range extends from 

 southwestern Vu-ginia south to north Georgia and west to north- 

 central Alabama. There are as yet no records for South Carolina, 

 Kentucky, and West Virginia, although the species surely occurs in all 

 these states. Altitudinally, G. monticolens ranges from about 600 feet 

 in the Georgia Piedmont to 5000 feet at Mount Rogers, Va. 



Specimens have been examined from the following locaHties: 



Alabama: Jackson County: 1.5 miles NE. of Hodge, May 21, 

 1961, Icf, L. Hubricht. Morgan County: base of Doss Mountain, 

 1.7 miles SE. of Florette, Feb. 28, 1961, Id^, Hubricht. 



Georgia: Clarke County: wooded hillside, 9 miles W. of Athens, 

 May 6, 1961, 19, Hubricht. 



