132 Rowland M. Shelley, Alvin L. Braswell, David Stephan 



HAEMOPIS TERRESTRIS 

 HAEMOPIS SEPTAGON 



Fig. 2. Distribution of the terrestrial leeches of the United States, taken in part 

 from Sawyer (1972) and Sawyer and Shelley (1976). Each circle represents a 

 single collecting locality except for those sites occurring close together, which are 

 represented by one symbol. Open circles are based on literature records believed 

 to be valid. 



septagon; coupled with those listed by Sawyer and Shelley (1976) they in- 

 dicate that the species is widespread in the Coastal Plain of the state. The 

 leech is common at the type locality in spring and summer. All specimens 

 referred to are deposited in the invertebrate collections of the North 

 Carolina State Museum of Natural History (NCSM). 



Person Co.— 12.8 km ne Roxboro, off co. rd. 1518 near Mayo Cr. 

 (Roanoke dr.), 1 adult, 5 April 1977, A.L. Braswell (NCSM P223). 

 Granville Co. — 4.8 km se Creedmoor, along co. rd. 1721, 1.9 km e jet. co. 

 rd. 1722, under log near trib. Robertson Cr. (Neuse dr.), 1 adult, 27 April 

 1977, J.E. Cooper and R.E. Ashton (NCSM P227). Durham Co.— 9.9 km 

 sw Durham, along NC hwy 54, 0.2 km e jet. NC hwy. 751, floodplain 

 Third Fork Cr. (Cape Fear dr.), 1 adult, 11 July 1975, R.M. Shelley and 

 J.C. Clamp (NCSM PI 26). This site is about 1.6 km e of the type locality. 

 Wake Co. (all Neuse dr.)— along co. rd. 1918, 0.3 km se jet. co. rd. 1909, 



