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.

an indistinct dark band at 2/3, from here on (toward apex) and whole apical area irrorated with brown, an indistinct dark spot at end of cell, with two, almost whitish and very indistint blotches before end of cell and beneath it (but towards termen) in fold ; ciliae whitish, sprinkled with dark brown scales. Hind wings light pearl grey, semitransparent. Abdomen silvery whitish, first three segments ochreous above. It seems to be related to ochraceella Chrét., which has, however, more distinct markings, namely 2—3 dark spots at end of cell, and another one in apex. Also obtemperata Meyr., is similar, but its pattern is more regular, ornamented mereover by a ,,transverse shade, followed by blackish irroration". Holotype male : "Hurghada, Red Sea, Egypt, 3 Nov. 1957, leg. Dr. Gozmán y" ; Allotype female : same data. In the Collection of the Hungarian Natural History Museum. Gnorimoschema tractatum sp. n. Alar exp. 10—11 mm. Head, thorax ivory white, palpi more ochreous, third joint with two dark rings ; antennae light ochreous, ringed with dark brown. Fore wing an almost unicolorous light reddish ochreous ; pattern very indistinct, consisting of whitish areas at base, at 1/3 and at 2/3 (first two ,,bands" reaching from costa to dorsum, third to end of cell only), two very indistinct darker dots near base in cell and below it (but more outwards) in fold ; whitish areas edged by some few dark brown scales, denser along costa from 1/2 to apex, and within whitish ciliae. Hind wing light grey ; abdomen as in former species. Nearest tragenella Chrét., which has, however, dark spots at end of cell and in apical area ; also zygophyllella Rbl., seems to be superficially related, but its transverse bands are brown, with apical area yellowish. Holotype male : "Kom Osim, Egypt, Distr. Fayum, 9 Oct. 1957, leg. Dr. Gozmán y" ; paratype (without abdomen) : same data. In the Collection of the Hungarian Natural History^ Museum. Concerning the above three Gnorimoschema species, there are yet two remarks to be made. The first is that Mey ric k's crocoleuca and extorris, both described from Egypt, remained inaccessible to me (both specimens and descriptions). The second follows from this statement and is of a more general nature, namely, that in view of the today rather insufficient descriptions (among others, the lack of the descriptions of the genital organs) of Walsingham, Me y rick, Chrétien, Rebel, and especially those of T u r a t i, as also the formidable amount of described North African taxa from the generic groupcomplexes Gnorimor.chema-Scrobipalpa, we shall not get very much further in the future until a revision of these species from the above area is made. It will mainly hinge on differences in the genital organs, but though these will surely offer good differentiating characteristics, they will be very minute owing to the extreme similarity of the organs, and may lie hidden in parts or shapes not yet studied (or not sufficiently as yet). This is also the cause why I omitted the dissection of the above taxa. A slide made and fixed will be distorted to a certain extent and may hide those very features which might eventually be found to be the most important by a future revider. ? Bryofropha sp. (without abdomen) — Kom Osim, 9 Oct. Syncopacma polychromella Rbl. — Idfu, 28 Oct. In masses.