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Gozmány, L.: Records on Microlepidoptera
tute one genus or several nearly related ones — within the single unit Zelleria Stt. Let me point out, for example, that of the species considered hitherto as belonging to Xyrosaris Meyr., dryopa Meyr. and maligna Meyr. have the same hyaline area in their hind wings, while the others apparently lack it. On the other hand, Chrétien never mentioned this feature in the description of his new ,, Paradoxus'''' species, restrictellus Chrét., originating from Gafsa. This consideration alone schould incite us to reexamine all species, with the view to segregate them into earlier (if they exist) or new genera (dryopa Meyr. being the type species of Xyrosaris Meyr., the genus cannot be synonymized with Paradoxus Stt. on the very basis of its different wing venation and the length of the antennae). M e yr i c k himself mentions that there is no hyaline area in „Xyrosaris" secreta Meyr. (South Africa) and in „Xyrosaris" scambota Meyr. (Marocco). A knowledge of the foodplants, habits and habitats of the several species included in the present discussion would help us further in the solution of this problem, but at present I feel justified in regarding only Paradoxus Stt., Zelleria Stt., and Hofmannia Wck., together with Xyrosaris Meyr. (comprising with any surety only its type, until further examinations are made) as distinct genera, and thereby resurrect them as such. With regard to the genital structure of the above taxa, this corresponds to the pattern prevailing in Plutellidae. I have dissected and studied but a few species, and found that the main differences of the male organs lie in the shape of the valvae and in the aedoeagi (fig- 2 : B —F). In conclusion, the new species satisfies all demands (the shape and structure of the head and of the labial palpi, as well as the venation of the wings) at our disposal at the present time to designate it as a Paradoxus unit ; the first taxon to originate from China in the whole complex of the above treated species, as „Xyrosaris" lirinopa Meyr. from Shanghai (M e y r i c k : Exot. Mier., II, part 18, p. 551) is utterly different (smaller, with a sharply outlined and dissimilarly construed pattern, etc.) it is probably not even a true Xyrosaris (e. g. no mention of a hyaline area in the hind wing is made in its description). Holotype female : "Lu-shan, Prov. Tian-Tsi, China, 2—5 September, 1959, leg. Dr. V. S z é k e s s y". The type is deposited in the collection of the Hungarian Natural History Museum. Tetanocentria ochraceella Rbl. Finally, I wish to make a new contribution to our knowledge on Tetanocentria ochraceella Rbl. When I last treated this species (Ann. Hist.-nat. Mus. Nat. Hung., s. n. Tom. 6, 1955, p. 317), — described by Rebel in 1903 — there were still only female specimens known of this rare Cosmopterygid. They were captured in Vienna and in the Hungarian Transdanubium (Mt. Velence and Kaposvár). Since then, and at long last, also the male was found, caught in the Transdanubium too, in Pécs, south of the Mts. Mecsek. Externally, the male is absolutely identical with the female, but I give herewith a description and some figures of the male genital organ. The general structure is well referable to among those of the other Cosmopterygid taxa. A well developed uncus and gnathos sit up on the elongated tegumen ; the valvae are small and lap-like, rounded, with minute thorny dots along their costae ; the aedoeagus is very long, terminating in highly sclerotized and complicated appendages anteriorly, with a large thorn out of the vesica ; the
