6 
E. E. Brown and J. D. Brown 
On 14 July 1983, J.D.B. collected a small, newly transformed 
cicada in a patch of white pines near old N.C. Hwy. 105 (McDowell 
Co.), which runs along the ridge just west of Linville Gorge and Table 
Rock. On later examination, this specimen appeared to be a female of 
O. rimosa. 
On 22 July we went back up old N.C. Elwy. 105 (SR 1238). The call 
of the cicada was a fine, long buzz that J.D.B. could hear but that the 
older ears of E.E.B. failed to pick up then, though he later heard it 
easily with Bionic Ear® equipment. Beginning about 7 miles (11.3 km) 
north of the Canal Bridge on Lake James, J.D.B. could hear calls at 
numerous stops along the road (among mixed pines and hardwoods) 
over a stretch of about 5 miles (8 km) at an altitude of 2,800-3,300 feet 
(855-1,005 m). We found two small, conspicuously banded nymphal 
skins, both on young maples (Acer pennsylvanicum) among larger white 
pines. 
On 9 August J.D.B. hand-caught a male specimen about 1 foot (0.3 
m) above the ground on a young white pine, just off Forest Service 
Route 496, 3.2 miles (5.1 km) S of N.C. Elwy. 181), on the E side of 
Table Rock-Sitting Bear (Elawksbill) Ridge at about 2,800 feet (855 m) 
(Burke Co.). In the same area the next day, using a .22 caliber shotshell, 
we collected another male. This specimen was about 18 feet (5.5 m) 
above the ground, on the underside of, and far out on, a white pine 
limb. It was nearly invisible in shadow and against a dark blotch of 
bark. 
The cicadas identified as O. rimosa agree with: (a) Heath’s (1978) 
characterization of Okanagana, with narrow head, widely separated and 
exposed tymbals, non-retractable uncus, etc.; (b) Say’s original de- 
scription of O. rimosa as quoted by Davis (1919), including orange- 
rufous markings on pronotum, mesonotum, edges of abdominal terga, 
and bases of wings; (c) Alexander’s (1961) provisional key to eastern 
species of cicadas; (d) Moore’s (1966) notations regarding the species in 
Michigan; and (e) Davis’s (1926) notes touching the northeastern region 
of the country. 
Since 1983, in addition to the continued occurrence of the species 
at the localities noted above, J.D.B. has heard specimens at several 
other sites. 
1984: First noted 12 June, Burke Co. Later heard on the ridge S of 
Roseboro (Block #135) in Avery Co. 
1985: First heard 11 June. Heard 25-28 June in the pines on the 
Singecat Ridge area, N of Sunnyvale, in McDowell Co. 
