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Psyche 
[December 
1939, E. D. Quirsfeld, 1 male, MCZ. Mt. Mitchell, 6400' (2098 m), 
3-10. IV. 1967, S. Peck, carrion trap 214 in summit hemlock and 
moss forest, 1 female. Black Mountains, no other data, 1 female, 
USNM; 1 female, FMNH. Black Mts., 8.VIII.1911, 2 females, 
AMNH. 
Description. Aedeagus (figs. 4-5) with dorsal section of tip 
flattened and projecting posteriorly over orifice on upper left side. 
Ventral section broad with central ogival point. Spermatheca 
fishhook-like (fig. 50) with simple posterior portion, and prominent 
crest on anterior end. 
Distribution. The species is probably limited to the Black 
Mountains of Yancey County, containing Mt. Mitchell, the highest 
point in the eastern United States (2191 m). This is the only locality 
known to have two species of Adelopsis, for here A. mitchellensis is 
sympatric with A . alta. Some early collection records confused these 
two. 
Notes. The species is probably most common in the upper 
elevation forests of spruce-fir or birch-maple. Adults have been 
collected in April, July, August, and September. 
2. Adelopsis steevesi n. sp. 
Figs. 6, 7 
Holotype male and allotype female in CNC. Type data: North 
Carolina. Macon County. Norton, Coweeta Hydrological Labora- 
tory, 24.X. 1965, 4,000' (13 11 m), log-litter, HRS. Paratypes: 17 with 
same data; 12 with same data but 22. V. 1965, 4100' (1344 m) rot 
wood debris. 
Description. Dorsal section of aedeagus tip (figs. 6-7) incised, 
upraised as knob on left, and as flattened vertical blade on right. 
Ventral section deeply emarginate, nearly same length as dorsal 
section. Spermatheca similar to that of A. joanna, A. alta, A. 
fumosa, A. richlaYidensis, and A. suteri. 
Etymology. Named for Mr. Harrison R. Steeves, Jr., of Bir- 
mingham, Alabama, in recognition of his extensive field collecting 
of litter beetles in the southeastern United States (collection de- 
posited in FMNH). 
Distribution. The species should be expected in other sites in the 
vicinity of Highlands, North Carolina. 
