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Marianne E. Filka and Rowland M. Shelley 
specific names cannot be assigned for two millipeds and provisional 
names are used for two others. The major concern of this study was the 
fauna of natural habitats, and synanthropic diplopods were thus incom- 
pletely sampled. Additional species that might be discovered in future in- 
vestigations are discussed in the final section. 
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The Kings Mountain Region 
The Kings Mountain range extends northeastward as a linear ridge 
some 26.5 km from the southern tip of Cherokee and York counties, 
South Carolina, to the southeastern corner of Cleveland and south- 
western part of Gaston counties. North Carolina (Fig. 2). It is bounded 
on the east and west by Crowders and Kings creeks, respectively, and sur- 
rounded by Piedmont Plateau. Isolated outlying peaks, inselbergs of the 
Kings Mountain ridge, continue northeastward approximately 64 km to 
Anderson’s Mountain in Catawba County. The bulk of the region is 
located about 136 km east of the Blue Ridge Front in Cleveland and Gas- 
ton counties, where it covers an area of approximately 3108 hectares. It 
consists of four main groups of lowlying peaks separated by gaps. Mean 
elevation is 361 m above sea level with maxima of 570 m (the Pinnacle) 
and 474 m (Crowders Mountain). Spencer Mountain, a 378 m high in- 
selberg of the Kings Mountain ridge, is located about 14.5 km northeast 
of Crowders Mountain on the opposite side of Gastonia. 
The Kings Mountain geologic belt, composing the range, is a narrow 
zone of metamorphosed sedimentary rocks (schist, marble, and 
quartzite) of Paleozoic age (Stuckey 1965). The porous nature of this 
rock produces a bountiful supply of ground water, and natural springs 
and seeps are characteristic of the area (Keith 1931). Soil composition 
