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Ronkay, L.: On the taxonomy and zoogeography of some Palearctic and Indo-Australian Plusiinae (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)

from costa to inner margin. Antemedial line strong, double, cupreous brown filled with pinkish, defined by narrow lines of ground colour on both sides. Medial area with very strong bronze-brown irroration, medial line dark brown, slightly diffuse. Orbicular only a darker shadow, reniform obsolescent, outline with darker lateral parts, filling of reniform brownish, stigma absent. Postmedial line pale at costa, strong and double from cell to inner margin, subterminal line only slightly sinuous, originating near to apex, a fine pinkish line with darker brown shadow on inner side. Terminal area pinkish grey except at apex, the latter brownish. Terminal line blackish with fine pinkish line from apex to vein m

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. Cilia pinkish with brown spots. Hind wing pale ochreous brown with some cupreous shade. Terminal area, veins and medial field with brownish irroration, cellular lunule and transversal line well discernible, terminal line dark, cilia pinkish with brown spots. Underside pale ochreous with some orange-brown shade at margins. Inner area of fore wing covered with brown, cellular lunule and transversal line dark, medial Une and subterminal line also visible as pale shadow. Hind wing lighter, stripe of medial area and transversal line strong, dark brown, cellular lunule absent. Cilia pale pinkish with brown spots. Alar expanse 39 mm, length of fore wing 19 mm. Female genitalia (Fig. 27): Papillae anales sUghtly sclerotized, smaU and rounded, gonapophyses moderately long, thin. Ostium bursae more or less funnel-Uke, wide, membranous, ductus bursae strongly sclerotized, long and thin, bursa copulatrix elongate, apical part wider and rounded, corpus bursae long, narrow. Distribution : China (Tibet) Specific differences and systematic position — The new species by its morphological characters represents a transitional state between the genera Polychrysia HÜBNER, 1821 and Panchrysia HÜBNER, 1821. The shape of the wings resembles that of the the species of Polychrysia, mostly to splendida (BUTLER, 1878) and sica (GRAESER, 1890), the colouration and the absence of the stigma of marmorea is unique in the group. The third joint of the palp is shorter than in the case of members of this genus but it is somewhat longer than those of the Panchrysia species. The shape of the bursa copulatrix is more or less similar to that of Polychrysia aurata (STAUDINGER, 1888), the ductus bursae is longer than that of aurata but shorter than in the case of splendida and sica. Species of the genus Panchrysia have shorter bursa copulatrix, the ductus bursae is similar or much longer and less sclerotized. The known locality of marmorea is relatively far from the distribution of the related Polychrysia species, so the new species seems to be a highly isolated member •of the genus. 2. TAXONOMIC NOTES ON SOME PLUSIINAE TAXA Autographa khinjana WILTSHIRE, 1961 sp. bona The taxon was described by WILTSHIRE in 1961 as a subspecies of pulchrina (HAWORTH, 1802) on the basis of the great differences in their colouration. He did not find any significant differences in the configuration of male genitalia of these two taxa. In fact the configuration of the male genitalia of the Autographa species is rather similar and the specific characters of the related species, in the shape of the valvae and the cornutus, are often not well discernible; the specific differences in the female genitalia are more spectacular. Studies on the everted vesica of Autographa species showed the structure of vesica to be very characteristic for the species and the differences between the two closely related taxa may be surprisingly large (for example in the species-pair pulchrina and buraetica (STAUDINGER 1892), (see Figs 21, 24). Detailed study of the genitalia of both sexes of khinjana have shown that khinjana represents a distinct species which is taxonomicaUy very far from pulchrina. The whole male copulatory apparatus of khinjana is smaUer than that of pulchrina and the ampulla is relatively longer. The differences in the configuration of vesica are much larger, the vesica of khinjana being longer, slightly S-shaped, the lateral diverticulum is reduced, the cornutus is ventrally erected, without large basal plate, the distal part of the