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Ronkay, L.: Taxonomic and zoogeographical studies on the subfamily Plusiinae (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). The Palaeotropical, Oriental and Nearctic material of the Zoological Museum, Copenhagen

Figs 6-10. 6-7 = Extremoplusia megaloba HAMPSON, 8-9 = Chrysodeixis heberachis STRAND, 10 = Plusiopalpa schisa STRAND nearly twice as longer as those of some species of the African genera Trichoplusia and Plusiotricha HOLLAND, 1894. The reduction of the coremata is also an unusual thing in case of the tropical Plusiinae genera with the exceptions of some Oriental species (see Anaplusia and some transitional species between Trichoplusia and Acanthoplusia). The new genus can provisionally be placed next to Anaplusia. Scriptoplusia gen. n. Type species: Plusia nigriluna WALKER, 1857 Description : Eyes large and globular, antennae with very short, brush-like cilia, Frons smooth and more or less flattened, only very slightly prominent. Palpi upturned, cylindrical with long and rough hair-like scales, second joint slightly curved, third joint with pointed tip. Thorax with welldeveloped crest and tufts, abdomen short and robust, dorsal crest consists of large tufts, abdominal coremata well-developed. Fore wing wide, less elongate, triangular with pointed apex, tornai lobe small; hind wing rounded. Male genitalia (Figs 11-16): uncus long and slender, pointed, tegumen moderately high, fultura inferior a rounded plate with stronger calycular sclerotization. Vinculum long, more or less rounded, saccus membranous. Valvae elongate, cucullus rounded, corona present but fine. Sacculus narrow but strong, clavus with characteristic membranous basal part, long and arcuate, pulvillus small, harpe short, finger-like. Aedoeagus relatively thick, ostium ductus ejaculatorii placed proxti mally, proximal end of aedoeagus flattened. Vesica has a very unusual configuration, basal part of ia short tube, medial part a large, broad sac with rugulose diverticles and a special, distal diverticle resembling to a moose-antler. Proximal part of vesica with a distally upturned, sclerotized ribbon on ventral side, its distal end stronger and broader. The new genus is represented by two closely related species, nigriluna (WALKER, 1857) and noona sp. n., externally these species slightly resemble some Trichoplusia species but