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Rowland M. Shelley 
with strong apical tooth; distal lamina with two broad, subequal 
teeth; lateral lamina narrowly expanded basally, without modifica- 
tions (Figs. 27-28); females with paranota of segments 5-9 not 
reduced. 
Ecology — As with the other eastern species, S. australis may 
be anticipated in moist habitats throughout its range, those with 
higher proportions of deciduous trees being more likely than those 
that are predominantly pine. 
Distribution — The southern Blue Ridge Province from Buncombe 
County, North Carolina, to White and Dawson counties, Georgia, 
extending westward to the western periphery of the Great Smoky 
Mountains in Sevier County, Tennessee, and eastward onto the western 
periphery of the Piedmont Plateau in Oconee County, South Caro- 
lina, and Rutherford County, North Carolina (Fig. 30). The range 
very slightly overlaps the southern extremity of that of S. v. michauxi 
(Figs. 30, 32). Specimens were examined as follows: 
NORTH CAROLINA: Buncombe Co ., Asheville, F, 5 Septem- 
ber 1961, R. L. Hoffman (VMNH); 4 mi (6.4 km) N Oteen, M, 16 
October 1975, J. & W. Ivie (AMNH); and 20 mi (32 km) SW 
Asheville, foothills nr. Mt. Pisgah, M, 15 October 1965, J. & W. 
Ivie (AMNH). Buncombe/Haywood cos., Mt. Pisgah, M, 4F, 7 April 
1949, D. L. Wray (VMNH). Henderson Co., Tuxedo, along co. rd. 
1852, 6 mi (9.6 km) N jet. co. rd. 1850, M, 30 October 1975, R. 
M. Shelley (NCSM). Polk Co., 2 mi (3.2 km) NW Columbus, along 
co. rd. 1136, M, 15 October 1973, R. M. Shelley (NCSM). Ruther- 
ford Co., Rutherfordton, F, 15 October 1973, R. M. Shelley 
(NCSM). Transylvania Co., 4.9 and 5.7 mi (7.8 and 9.1 km) NW 
Brevard, 2M, 2F, 29 August 1973, R. M. Shelley (NCSM); nr. L. 
Toxaway, head of Thompson R. Gorge, 30 juvs., 5 September 1961, 
R. L. Hoffman (VMNH); and 12 mi (19.2 km) SW Rosman, along 
co. rd. 1152, 0.8 mi (1.3 km) N jet. co. rd. 1151, F, 28 August 
1973, R. M. Shelley (NCSM). Jackson Co., Wolf Cr. Biol. Pres., 
Cullowhee Mtn. Rd., M, 10 June 1970, F. A. Coyle (NCSM). Ma- 
con Co., Highlands, 6M, 10F, 19 October and 16 November 1961, 
R. L. Hoffman (VMNH); and Coweeta Hydrologic Sta., 4M, 3F, 27 
September 1964, H. R. Steeves (FSCA) and M, F, 31 March-28 
April 1978, L. Reynolds (NCSM). Swain Co., 0.5 mi (0.8 km) N 
Oconoluftee Ranger Sta., Mingus Mill Cr., Great Smoky Mtns. Nat. 
Pk., 2M, 3F, 23 November 1973. F. A. Coyle (NCSM). Cherokee 
Co., 7.2 mi (11.5 km) NW Murphy, along co. rd. 1326, 0.3 mi. W 
jet. co. rd. 1406, juv., 27 July 1974, R. M. Shelley (NCSM); and 
7.7 mi (12.3 km) WNW Culberson, along co. rd. 1137, 0.6 mi W 
jet. US hwy. 64, F, 27 July 1974, R. M. Shelley (NCSM). 
