S. Mahunka szerk.: Folia Entomologica Hungarica 56. (Budapest, 1995)

Figs 9-12. Bryopolia t. tsvetaevi Varga et Ronkay: 9 = paratype male, genital capsula, 10 = dto, aedeagus with everted vesica; 11 = paratype female, genitalia; 12 = dto, protuberances of sternite VIII DISCUSSION The specimens of the new subspecies gives the impression of a distinct species by their very irrorated markings. They show some parallel variations with B. chrysospora Boursin and do not resemble on the mostly very unicolorous typical B. tsvetaevi Varga & Ronkay (Fig. 4), known from the Darwaz Mts in NE Afghanistan (Badakhshan). It is known, however, that the contrasted markings alone are often insufficient for taxonomic characterisation in these genera of Noctuidae (Bryopolia and Bryoxena, resp.). In this case, the external features, mentioned above, are combined with some structural ones in the genitalia of both sexes. Males have broader, more "lyriform" uncus and slightly shorter external processus on the valvae, somewhat more sclerotized and dentate carina and larger cornuti in the vesica (Figs 5-6, 9-10). Females have somewhat more sclerotized