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

According to E VERSMANN 'S description, the fore wings of the nominate form are violet-brownish. This feature is observable on also our specimens deriving from Uralsk and Sarepta, despite the fact that the basic colour of the formers tend rather to reddish and that of the latters to brownish. One should add that the underside of their wings is also violet- or reddish-brown, and that the arcuate line separating the median and marginal fields is narrow or quite obscure, the same as the discal spot of the hind wings. The outer section of the fringe of the hind wings is white. The alar expanse of males collected in Uralsk is 29 — 32 mm, that of the two females 33 and 35, respectively, while the expanse of those from Sarepta is 33 and 35, respectively, in the males and 36 mm in the female. Orthosia porosa kenderesiensis ssp. n. The wings of the Hungarian specimens are pure blackish grey above, and fumous grey below, without any violet or brownish hue. The pattern of the underside is sharp, the lines behind the margin wide and fumous grey, and the discal spot of the hind wings also large. There is yet another dark line discernible in the marginal zone of the hind wings ; occasionally the entire marginal field is suffused by fumous grey and also the outer portion cf the fringe is dark, dingy whitish, or grey. The alar expanse is smaller in the average, the majority of the males measuring 24—30 mm (only exceptionally 31—32 mm), that of the females 28—32 mm. Accordingly, the Hungarian form of O. porosa essentially differs in some respects from the nominate foim, and is well distinguishable in all cases from the latter one, hence it represents a distinct subspecies. The possibility of this inference, based on considerations relating to faunal genesis, was raised also by Z. VARGA, in his lecture on the "New Systematics". With respect to its uniquely rich breeding locality in Kenderes, Hungary, I propose to introduce this subspecies by the name Orthosia porosa kenderesiensis ssp. n. Holotype male: "Kenderes, 1964. V.

20, fénycsapda" ( = light-trap), deposited in the Hungarian Natural History Museum. Paratypes: I. In the Lepidopterological Collection of the Hungarian Natural History Museum: Kenderes, 2 August, 1962, lcf ; 7 {3çf), 8 (2cf) August, 1963; 2 Sept., 1963, lçf ; 14 (le/), 15 (lcf), 16 (2cf), 17 (lcf), 18 (2çf 1 $ ), 23 (lcf), 24 (2c/), 25 (2çf), 26 (2 cf), 27 (Acf), 28 (1 cf), 30 (1 cf), 31 (1 cf) May, 1964; 1 (2çf), 3 (4c/), 5 (la*), 6 (lçf), 10 (2(f), 17 (la*),25 (lcf), June, 1963; 5 (lcf), 12 (2çf), 14 (lcf), 15 (3^), 16 (lcf), 17 (7 cf 1 $), 18 (2 cf), 19 (2 cf), 20 (2 cf), 21 (5 cf), 22 (6 cf ), 23 (7 cf), 24 (4 cf 1 $ ), 26 (10 cf ), 27 (4 cf ), 29 (1 cf ), 31 (1 rf), July, 1963; 4 (8 cf ), 5 (9 cf ), 6 (8 cf ) 7 (3 cf ), 8 (4 cf ), 10 (1 cf ), 11 (1 cf), 14 (1 cf), 19 (lcf ), 22 (1 cf ), 24 (1 cf ), 26 (2 cf ) August 1963; 10 (1 cf), 14 (1 cf), May, 1966; 7 June, 1966 1 cf ; 16 July, 1967, 1 $ ; Tass, 14 August, 1962, 1 $ ; 16 July, 1964, 1 cf ! 30 June, 1965, 1 cf ; 29 (1 cf), 31 (1 cf) July, 1965; 7 (1 $), 18 (1 cf) May, 1966; 13 June, 1966, 1 cf ; Tarhos, 9 August, 1964, 1 9 ; 3 August, 1965, 1 cf ; 8 June, 1966, 1 cf ; 15 May, 1967, 1 cf 1 9 ; 10 July, 1967, 1 çf ; 2 August, 1967, 1 cf ; Gerla, 18 May, 1965, 1 çf ; 16 June, 1965, 1 9, 4 August, 1965, 1 cf ; all specimens captured by light-traps. — Nagykapros, 25 July, 1910, 1 cf, leg. F. Kiss; Agasegyháza 9 June, 1953, 1 cf, leg. GY. ÉHIK; Ohat, 25 June, 1954, 1 cf, leg. L. GOZMÁNY; Kenderes, 23 June, 1962, 4 cf, leg. GY. LENGYEL. — II. In the collection of Dr. L. KOVÁCS, Budapest: Kenderes, 16 (1 cf), 17 (1 cf), 20 (1 cf), 26 (1 9) May, 1960; 3 (1 cf), 6 (1 cf) June 1960; 2 August, 1960, 1 çf ; 30 April, 1961, 1 cf ; 15 June, 1961, 1 cf ; 10 (1 cf), 25 (1 cf), 26 (3 cf) July, 1961; 3 (2 cf) 11 (1 cf), 28 (3 cf), 29 (1 cf), 30 (2 çf) August, 1961; 8 (2 cf), 22 (1 cf) May, 1962; 11 June, 1962, 1 cf ; 14 (1 cf), 16 (1 cf), 19 (1 cf 1 9), 20 (1 cf 1 9), 28 (1 9) July, 1962; 9 (1 cf), 12 (1 çf) August, 1962; 22 May, 1963, 1 cf ; 10 (1 çf), 11 (1 çf), 23 (1 cf ) August, 1962; Tass, 10 July, 1959, 1 cf; Hódmezővásárhely, 27 July, 1959, 1 cf; Mikepércs, 4 June, 1958, 1 cf ; 8 (1 cf), 18 (1 cf) August, 1958; 14 June, 1959, 1 cf ; 21 May, 1962, 1 cf ; 15 July, 1963, 1 cf ; Tarhos, 22 May, 1962, 1 cf ; 30 June, 1962, 1 cf î 12 June, 1963, 1 çf; Gerla, 16 August, 1962, 1 cf ; — all captured by light-traps.