O. Merkl szerk.: Folia Entomologica Hungarica 69. (Budapest, 2008)

Male genitalia (Figs 12-13): Uncus large, spatulate, strongly hairy. Tegumen rather narrow, penicular lobes thin, weak; fultura inferior deltoidal, with large thorn-like, spinulose dorso-medial process; vinculum U-shaped. Valva elongated, saccular third broad, medial third slender, distally somewhat dilated, cucullus wide and relatively short, more or less subtriangular. Costal extension (digitus) with small costal peak and larger ventral plate; harpe finely bifurcate; corona appears as a well-developed, densely setose area. Saccular process rather long, only slightly asymmetrical. Aedeagus cylindrical, curved; carina with long, acute dorso-lateral and short ventral, strongly sclerotized extension. Vesica short but ample, saccate, with two wide diverticula; distal part with additional (third) long and broadly conical diverticulum armed with fine terminal cornutus. Habitat - The unique type specimen was collected in a white natron flat at the south-western shore of a temporary saline lake (Fig. 6). This flat appears as an alkaline semi-desert with scattered halophilous vegetation ( Camphorosma, Artemisia, Tamarix, etc.). Etymology - The specific name is derived from the general feature of its habitat. Metopodicha leily sp. n. (Figs 4, 14-17) Type material - Holotype: Male, Iran, Prov. Semnan, E-Alborz, 2400 m, Khoshyela, 15-16.IX.2006, leg. P. GYULAI & A. GARAI; coll. P. GYULAI (deposited in the HNHM). Paratypes: 11 males with the same data; slide Nos 2048 GYULAI, 9287 RONKAY. 9 males are in coll. P. GYULAI, one male each in the collections of the HNHM, and G. RONKAY. Diagnosis - The new species belongs to the M. antherici species group, being closely related to M. antherici CHRISTOPH, 1884 and M. longicornis BOURSIN, 1957. It can be separated externally from M. longicornis (type locality: Afghanistan, Khinjan valley, it occurs in Afghanistan, Tadjikistan, Uzbekistan and Kirghisia) by its remarkably darker, brownish fore wing ground colour and somewhat different shape of the fore wing maculae; from M. antherici (type locality: Achal Tekke, Turkmenistan; occurring in Turkmenistan, Tadjikistan and in the Khorassan area of NE Iran) by the brown body vestiture and fore wing ground colour (brown coloured M. antherici specimens and very rare brown forms of the other species ofMetopodicha DRAUDT, 1936 are well known, but these forms never have brown body pubescence and brown suffused fore wing marginal field despite all individuals of the new species), the direction and shape of transversal crosslines, the very conspicuous brown stripe at inner side of subterminal line, the brown fore wing cilia and the oblique, double brown stripe of hind wing.