Boros István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 52. (Budapest 1960)

Gozmány, L.: The results of the zoological collecting trip to Egypt in 1957, of the Natural History Museum, Budapest. 8. Egyptian Microlepidoptera II.

Aside of the agricultural vegetation abounding in the fertile valley of the Nile, — communities in which mainly insect-pests dominate —, the oases harbour chiefly date, durra and other palms, Casuarina, Olea, and Eucalyptus rostratus trees, reeds, sedges, some thorny bushes. The desert allows for a few Boraginaceae, succulent plants (from the relationship of Camphorosma), some scattered clumps of Carex or grasses, and small tracts of Tamarix shrubs for endless miles of sand, gravel and rocks. At least, this is how it looks like in October and November. Of Microlepidoptera, I collected 59 species. Some of the new species were described in a former paper of none (Egyptian Microlepidoptera, Ann. Hist-nat. Mus. Nat. Hung. s. n. 10, torn. 51, 1959, p. 363—370), as a tribute to those personages who made possible the realization of the very first official Hungarian zoological collecting trip to a foreign continent. In the fallowings, I give an annotated list of the whole captured material

. Arenipses sabella Hmps. et Rag. — Assuan, 26 Oct. Known from the Persian Gulf to Maroc. Ommatopteryx anapiella Z. — Kom Osim, 9 Oct. A second generation from the fall. Ommatopteryx ramburiella Dup. — Kom Osim, 9 Oct. A second generation from the fall. I have a specimen frum Tunis, caught in September. Ommatopteryx jaxartella Ersch. — Kom Osim, 9 Oct., Sids, 14 Oct. A second generation from the fall. I have yet specimens from Tunis. Ommatopteryx ocellea Haw. — Idfu, 28 Oct. Schoenobius niloticus Z. — Kom Osim, 9 Oct. Rhaphimetopus ablutellus Z. — Assuan, 25, 26 Oct., Idfu, 28 Oct. Very common also in the late fall, in grassy habitats. Ancylodes tunesella Car. — Idfu, 28 Oct., Hurghada (Red Sea), 3. Nov. Second generation specimens from the late fall. Heterographis rhodochrella HS. — Idfu, 28 Oct. Several specimens of a dull coloration. Heterographis convexella Ld. — Idfu, 28 Oct., Marsa el 'Alam (Red Sea) 1 Nov. Syria pilosella Z. — Kom Osim, 9 Oct. A specimen of the late fall generation. Hpyhantidium tacapellum Rag. — Cairo, 12, 14 Sept., Sids, 14 Oct. I have some specimens yet from May, from Egypt (M. Tarieh, leg. P r i e s n e r). Etiella zinckenella Tr. — I collected only one specimen of this pest, Cairo, 12 Sept. Christophia leucochrella HS. — Kom Osim, 9 Oct., Idfu, 28 Oct. Several specimens from the late autumn genereation. Salebria brephiella Stgr. — Hurghada (Red Sea), 3 Nov. Nefertitia gen. n

. Face with conical process forward ; labial palpi obliquely ascendent, smooth, flattened, third joint short ; maxillary palpi hidden, adpressed to face ; antennae without any particularity (description based on Holotype female !), basal joint possibly scaped out in male ; tongue well developed (fig- 1 A). Body strong, not stout. Fore wing elongate triangular, apex pointed. Venation : r

: from beyond middle of cell, r

2 almost from upper angle, removed from common stalk of r

3+4

, stalk as long as free branches, ni] removed from them, below apex, m

2

,;j separate, straight, with cuj equidistant from each other, cu

2 further back. Hind wing : subtriangular, pointed ; venation : cell 1/3 of wing, lower angle much processed, sc adpressed to rr-f-mi, these stalked for 1/3 of their length, then rr follows sc for almost half its length, m

2+;i on long stalk, cUi on same, but stalk very short, cu

2 further removed (fig. 1 : C).