Szekessy Vilmos (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 60. (Budapest 1968)

Kovács, L.: Data to the knowledge of Hungarian Macrolepidoptera III. New taxa from the subfamily Hadeninae

The localities of the new subspecies are in Central Mongolia, on montane steppemeadows (above 1500 m) ; they are moderately humid, the undergrowth dense and luxuriant. There are in the collection of the Museum also three female specimens originating from the Amur area; they stand rather near to the females from Mongolia, especially with respect to their dark basic colour. Tbe differences of individuals deriving from the Amur were observed already by STAUDINGER (22), and he pointed out their bigger size and darker hue. One would need, however, a more ample material to decide whether they actually belong to ssp. kaszabi. Hyssia gozmanyi sp. n. (Fig. 1, left) The Hungarian and Lower Austrian form essentially differs from the eastern ones. The fore wings are short, wide, the apices more rounded. The basic colour is a fumous blackish brown, the pattern being only moderately conspicuous. The dorsal stripe of the fore wing is a dingy ochreous yellowish, occasionally entirely suppressed by the greyish scales. The spots of the median field are considerably narrower, the lower portion (pointing terminad) of the reniform is short, as well as the claviform. The underside of the wing is also dark and fumous brown, the reddish scales appear uninterruptedly merely below the costa and are of a much darker shade. The marginal area of the hind wing is strikingly dark. Even the male genital organ of the Hungarian form (Fig. 2, A) differs to a degree from that of the nominate form (Fig. 2, B). The cucullus is short and forms a rather A B Fig. 2. Male genital organ of A: Hyssia gozmanyi sp. n., ventrally, Pacsa, slide 393; B: Hyssia cavernosa Ev., ventrally, Hi area, Turkestan, slide 396