1978] Peck — Adelopsis in the Southern Appalachians 365 
of litter beetles in the southeastern United States (collections 
deposited in FMNH). 
Distribution. The species is to be expected in other localities in 
the Coweea Mountains in the vicinity of Highlands, North Caro- 
lina, which has been found to be a region rich in species of ground 
dwelling beetles. 
5. Adelopsis richlandensis n. sp. 
Figs. 13, 14, 55, 56 
Holotype male and allotype female in CNC. Type data. North 
Carolina. Haywood County. Richland Balsam, 6000' (1967 m), 
7-26. VIII. 1965, S. & J. Peck, carrion trap. Paratypes; three females 
with same data; and 1 female, Haywood-Jackson Counties, Rine- 
hart Knob, 6000' (1967 m), 1. VIII. 1960, T. C. Barr. 
Description. Dorsal section of aedeagal tip (figs. 13-14) uni- 
formly rounded, but with slight emargination; sloping downwards 
from high crest on right to low and flat left side, ventral section 
uniformly rounded and projecting beyond dorsal section. Sperma- 
theca as in figs. 55-56, characteristic form not known with certainty. 
Etymology. The name refers to Richland Balsam, the type 
locality, and highest point on the Blue Ridge Parkway. 
Distribution. There seems little reason to expect only this species 
on Richland Balsam. Mt. Pisgah, with A. pisgahensis, is on the 
same mountain ridge and there are no intervening lowland barriers 
to dispersal of these flightless beetles. Soco Gap and Balsam Gap to 
the northwest, each above 3000' (1000 m) separate Richland Balsam 
from the Plott Balsams and Balsam Mountains, but these also seem 
inadequate barriers to isolate Richland Balsam from species in- 
habiting these other mountain regions. Intensive collecting should 
resolve the questions of how these species are distributed with 
regards to each other. 
Figs. 4-18. Structures of Adelopsis. 4. Left lateral view of entire aedeagus of 
A. mitchellensis, with internal sac (IS), ventral blade of tegmen (VBT), and dorsal 
(D) and ventral (V) sections of aedeagal tip. 5. Dorsal view of aedeagal tip of 
A. mitchellensis indicating right (R) and left (L) sides, and dorsal (D) and ventral 
(V) sections of the tip. 6-7. Dorsal and lateral views, aedeagal tip, A. steevesi. 
8-10. Dorsal, lateral, and posterior view, aedeagus, A. alleghenyensis. 11-12. Aedea- 
gal tip. A. suteri. 13-14. A. richlandensis aedeagal tip. 15. Internal sac A. appalach- 
iana. 16-18. A. appalachiana, note that parameres and hairs on ventral surface of 
ventral section of aedeagus are not shown in most drawings. 
