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15. Adelopsis pisgahensis n. sp. 
Figs. 44-46 
Holotype male, allotype female, and paratype male in MCZ. 
Type data: North Carolina. Haywood-Transylvania County line, 
Mt. Pisgah, about 1475 m (on Blue Ridge Parkway), 1 1-12. IX. 1934, 
Quirsfeld. 
Description. Aedeagal tip (figs. 44-46) with dorsal section 
broadly swollen on left and with sharp point on right; ventral 
section low and regular on left but on right broadly expanded and 
upraised along notch between it and dorsal section. 
Etymology. The name refers to the type locality. Mt. Pisgah is a 
section of the mountain ridge continuous with Richland Balsam, 
inhabited by A. richlandensis. There is no evident barrier to 
dispersal between the two and they must be assumed to be 
parapatric or sympatric. 
Relationship. The species has a highly derived type of aedeagal 
tip and may be descendant from an ancestor similar to A. alta. 
16. Adelopsis orichalcum n. sp. 
Figs. 47-49 
Holotype male in CNC. Type data: Georgia. Union County. 
Brasstown Bald, el. 2415 ft (790 m), 24. X. 1966, H. R. Steeves, forest 
debris. 
Description. Dorsal section of aedeagal tip (figs. 47-49) uni- 
formly thicker from left to right, ending in upcurved spur; ventral 
section upcurved on left, depressed and emarginate in middle, and 
more upcurved on right. 
Etymology. The name is Latin for brass, is used as a noun in 
apposition, and refers to Brasstown Bald, the highest point in 
Georgia, in the vicinity of which the species is probably restricted. 
Relationships. The species is derivable from a generalized stock 
like A. appalaehiana through intermediates that were probably also 
ancestral to A. pisgahensis, A. joanna, and A. alta. 
Evolutionary and Distributional History 
Jeannel (1936, 1964) considered the evolutionary center of the 
genus (and the tribe) to be in Colombia and Venezuela. Species here 
have an aedeagus with a copulatory orifice displaced onto a nearly 
