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water shield (Brasenia sp.) when we visited it on 21-22 July 1984. A 

 trap set there overnight yielded no crayfish. 



Cambarus (Puncticambarus) georgiae Hobbs 



This crayfish has been reported from only three localities, one 

 in Rabun County, Georgia (the type locality), and two in Macon 

 County, North Carolina, all in the upper Little Tennessee River basin 

 (Hobbs 1981:255). The second North Carolina locality was given as 

 "Sugar Fork River 8 mi NE of Franklin on US Hwy 64 ... 26 June 

 1957, E. A. Crawford." In response to a query about this site, Hobbs 

 (in litt.) said it should be emended to Cullasaja River, US 64 at 

 Gneiss, 8 mi (12.8 km) SE of Franklin. According to Powell (1968:130), 

 "The Cherokee work, Kul-say-gee, means 'sugar' or 'sweet,' " and at 

 least one part of the river apparently was known in the 19th century 

 as Sugar Town Creek. 



We collected 39 C. georgiae at three localities in the Cullasaja 

 River watershed: Macon Co. — (1) Buck Crk at culvert under US 

 64-NC 28, 0.2 rd mi (0.3 rd km) S jet SR 1535, ca. 0.6 air mi (1.0 air 

 km) S Gneiss; 1 6 I, 2 9, 2 j 9 (NCSM C-2155), 20 Sep 1984; (2) 

 Cullasaja R at bridge, jet SR 1667 & 1653, ca. 1.0 air mi (1.6 air km) 

 SSE airport in Franklin; 1 j 6 (NCSM C-2161), 20 Sep 1984; 

 (3) Cullasaja R along US 64-NC 28, 0.2 rd mi (0.3 rd km) N jet 

 SR 1678, ca. 0.2 air mi (0.3 air km) S Gneiss; 6 j 6,9 j 9 (NCSM 

 C-2158), 3 6 I, 1 6 II, 1 j 6, 5 9 (NCSM C-2159), 4 j 6, 4 j 9 

 (NCSM C-2167), 21 Sep 1984; this locality is either the same as, 

 or very close to, the second North Carolina locality provided by 

 Hobbs (1981:255). 



At locality (1), a single female C. asperimanus and 22 C. b. 

 bartonii were also taken. At site (3), we also found 29 C. b. bartonii. 



On 19 and 20 September 1984, we made collections at three 

 localities in the Cullasaja drainage above Cullasaja Falls, at elevations 

 near or above 900 m (3,000 ft). At the highest of these sites we found 

 only a large number of C. asperimanus, and at the others we found 

 only 46 C. asperimanus and 51 C. b. bartonii. Thus, C. georgiae 

 almost certainty is absent from higher elevation, high-gradient streams 

 in the Cullasaja watershed. 



We can add a second Georgia locality to the range of the 

 species: Rabun Co. — Little Tennessee R at Hwy 246, ca. 0.3 mi (0.5 

 km) E jet US 441, NNE of Dillard; 3 6 I, 1 j 6 (NCSM C-626), 20 

 Oct 1979, REA, Jr, J. Perry. 



