150 Rowland M. Shelley and Marianne Filka 



Fig. 1. Dorsal view of 9 Pachydesmus crassicutis incursus from 9.3 km s Kings 

 Mountain (town), Cleveland County, North Carolina. Total length 63.8 mm. 



1977, R.M. Shelley (NCSM A1535); Baker Creek State Park, 3tf, 9, 8 

 August 1976, R.M- Shelley (NCSM A1369); Hickory Knob State park, 

 9, 9 August 1976, R.M- Shelley (NCSM A1370); and 7.4 km n Mt. Car- 

 mel, SC hwy. 46 at Little R., tf, 9, 5 May 1977, R.M. Shelley (NCSM 

 A1542). Laurens Co. — 15.8 km n Laurens, SC hwy 97 at Beaver Dam Cr., 

 9, 9 May 1977, R.M. Shelley (NCSM A1567). Orangeburg Co.— 

 Orangeburg, 4tf, 2 juvs., 20 July 1961, D. Dowling (FSCA), and 4(J, 9, 3 

 August 1961, D. Dowling (FSCA). Barnwell Co.— Barnwell State Park, 5 

 tf, 7 August 1976, R.M. Shelley (NCSM A1368). Jasper Co.— 12.9 km s 

 Hardeeville, along US hwy 17A, 0.6 km w SC hwy. 170A, 9, 2 July 1977, 

 R.M. Shelley (NCSM A1601); and Ridgeland, 9, 6 April 1975, D. Brody 

 (AMNH). 



Only three males of P. crassicutis incursus were examined by Hoffman for 

 his revision, and all had been preserved since early this century. We 

 therefore submit the following observations on color, body proportions, 

 and gonopod variation to supplement his description. 



In life most individuals are dark, chocolate brown dorsally with light 

 yellow paranota (Fig. 1); the venter is a little lighter in color than the 

 paranota. Specimens from Barnwell and Greenwood counties, South 

 Carolina, are light, brownish-gray dorsally with cream-colored paranota. 



The body dimensions of males and females collected in the summer of 

 1976 are shown in Table I. Males are generally longer and wider than 

 females and have a higher W/L ratio. Individuals of both sexes are larger 

 in the Kings Mountain region and become smaller in a south-south- 

 eastward direction. This correlates with the paling of body color and 

 probably reflects more favorable environmental conditions in the Kings 

 Mountain region. 



