Revision of Trechus 
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Figs. 44-45. Trechus species, habitus sketch: 44. T. novaculosus Barr, large form (5.5 mm), 
Mt. LeConte, Tennessee. 45. T. nantahalae, new species (4.3 mm), Burningtown Bald, North 
Carolina. 
Measurements (in mm). — Holotype male: total length 4.22, head 0.93 
long X 0.81 wide, pronotum 0.84 long X 1.09 wide, elytra 2.45 long X 
1.86 wide, antenna 1.92 long. 
Distribution . — Known only from the type locality in the northern Nan- 
tahala Mountains, southwestern North Carolina. 
Discussion . — Trechus nantahalae is readily distinguished from the other 
species of Trechus with which it is sympatric in the Nantahalas (T. barben, 
T. aduncus howellae, T. luculentus wayahensis, T. tusquitee) by the small eyes, 
pale coloration, and peculiarly obtuse hind angles of the pronotum which 
