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1986: Heard 5 June on Joe White Mountain, just E of Mortimer, 
Caldwell Co. Heard during July on Flat Top Mountain, near the 
Tennessee line in Yancey County. 
1987: On 1 May, heard on a knob S of Meadow Creek Mountain, in 
Cocke Co., Tenn. During June it was heard at several other points 
in Cocke Co. 
These appear to be the first records of O. rimosa for the Carolina 
region. They thus extend its known range some 300 miles (485 km) 
southward from Rappahannock Co., Va., to the central mountain 
counties of North Carolina. 
Evidently, we have in the mountains not just an isolated brood or 
two of this cicada, but a moderately widespread population, especially 
at intermediate elevations where pines are present. Presumably it will 
show up in some other mountain counties. Although present in 
considerable numbers, it definitely is not a conspicuous form and must 
be sought after. 
Specimens will be deposited in the collections of the North Carolina 
Department of Agriculture. 
LITERATURE CITED 
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States east of the Mississippi River. 3rd revision. 10 pp., mimeo. Distributed 
by author. 
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Davis, W. T. 1919. Cicadas of the genera Okanagana, Tibicinoides and 
Okanagodes, with descriptions of several new species. J. N.Y. Entomol. 
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Davis, W. T. 1922. An annotated list of the cicadas of Virginia with 
description of a new species. J. N.Y. Entomol. Soc. 30:36-53. 
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Accepted 24 October 1988 
