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range extension of some expansive members of the African genera Trichoplusia and Ctenoplusia DUFAY, 1970. Yet the peculiar distribution of these taxa, living mainly in montane forest habitats and also the unusual structure of the vesica make the latter assumption as the more probable one. Anaplusia gen. n. Type species: Plusia pannosa MOORE, 1882 Description : Eyes large, globular, antennae ciliate, frons smooth and very slightly prominent. Palpi upturned, second joint slightly arcuate and relatively thick, third joint stick-like, moderately long and pointed. Fore tibiae without claws, hind tibiae with asymmetric spurs. Thoracic crest and tufts large, abdomen thick and short, dorsal crest consists of small tufts, lateral and caudal coremata reduced. Fore wing triangular, wide and high, short ; lobe of tornus very small, formed mostly by long scales. Male genitalia (Figs 1-2) : uncus strong, thick and tapering, pointed, tegumen wide and low, fultura inferior a broad, more or less quadrangular plate, vinculum relatively long and rounded, saccus membranous. Valvae short and strongly pointed, more or less triangular, corona absent, valval surfaces characteristically hairy. Sacculus moderately wide, clavus short and wide-based, harpe absent. Aedoeagus short and thick, vesica characteristically globular with two small diverticles, cornuti absent. Female genitalia (Fig. 5) : ovipositor short and wide, gonapophyses moderately long. Ostium bursae stronger with some sclerotized rugae and a sclerotized lamina, ductus bursae membranous, rugulose, proximally strongly dilated. Apex bursae a small diverticulum, membranous, corpus bursae a long, elliptical sac. Figs 1-5. 1-2 = Anaplusia pannosa MOORE, 3 = Anadevidia hebetata BUTLER, 4 = Anadevidia peponis FABRICIUS, 5 = Anaplusia pannosa MOORE