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type locality is restricted to the first mentioned state, Georgia, and a 
neotj^pe is designated below. 
The three eastern species are closely related; indeed I am unable 
to find any differences between the females. The aedeagus of angusti- 
collis differs from that of the other species in its deeply and narrowly 
divided tip and the shallow basolateral excisions. 
Male genitalia — Anal plate tubular, slightly constricted at mid- 
length; mesal surface of tip with short black setae. Aedeagus scoop- 
like, tip divided by a deep, narrow, mesal slit; basolateral excision 
shallow, extending only about a fourth of the length of aedeagus. 
Female genitalia. — Anal plate with apex produced into a short 
point. Apex of gonapophysis lateralis with a short, dark appendage, 
above which is a semicircular excision and a short protuberence. 
Length of forewing. — Male (2 examples) 28 mm.; female (2 
examples) 33 and 35 mm. 
Neotype, male. — Atlanta, Georgia, 6-11-39, P. W. Fattig. 
USNM type No. 68040. 
Distribution — Georgia: Atlanta, 19 June 1946, P. W. Fattig, 
I cf i§f; Emerson, 14 June 1940, P. W. Fattig, 1$. 
Neohermes matheri Flint, new species 
Figures 17-19 
The species is only known from a male and 2 females, all from 
Mississippi. 
The aedeagus of matheri is considerably thicker than that of the 
other species, the posterior margin is strongly upturned with the tip 
bifid and the halves divergent, and there is a strong lateral process. 
Male genitalia. — Anal plate, elongate, tubular, slightly constricted 
at midlength ; mesal face with short, black setae. Aedeagus not turned 
up basally, central ridge high; tip slightly divided, halves divergent; 
basolateral excision about a third the length of aedeagus, with lateral 
point strong and upturned. 
Female genitalia. — Inseparable from that of N. angusticollis. 
Length of forewing. — Male and female, each 29 mm. 
Holotype, male. — Clinton, Hinds Co., Mississippi, 12 June, i960, 
collection of Bryant Mather, USNM type No. 68041. 
Explanation of Plate 20 
Neohermes angusticollis (Hag.). Fig. 11, $ genitalia, lateral. Figs. 12 
and 13, aedeagus and anal plate, dorsal. N. concolor (Dav.). Fig. 14, $ 
genitalia, lateral. Figs. 15 and 16, aedeagus and anal plate, dorsal. N. 
matheri Flint. Fig. 17, $ genitalia, lateral. Fig. 18 and 19, aedeagus and 
anal plate, dorsal. 
