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and some strong crests. Apex bursae with a large and rounded, nearly circular gelatinous appendage, its edge with stronger sclerotization. Corpus bursae large, elliptical. The new species shows an interesting duality as it resembles externally to the Asiatic specimens of absynthii (LINNAEUS, 1761) (Plate II: 13) and, surprisingly, to tescorum PÜNGELER, 1908 (Plate II: 14); but, according to the characteristics of the genitalia of both sexes it must be placed into the scopariae-splendida group. The specific differences are as follows: the ground colour of marci in whitish-grey versus grey or brownish-grey in absynthii. Tescorum has a similar coloration of whitish-grey-blackish "mosaic" but the elements ol the pattern of the two species are very different (see Plate II). The third species resembling mar ci, hemidiaphana GRAESER, 1892 has pure white hind wing and well-marked medial line. The configuration of the male genitalia of the new species is similar in type to those of fuchsiana EVERSMANN, 1842 (Fig. 24) and scopariae DORFMEISTER, 1853 (Fig. 26) but differs from them in its longer and stronger clavus, the different harpe and cornuti of vesica, since tescorum (Fig. 25) belongs to a distinct group far from the scopariae-splendida group. The female genitalia of marci is similar to that of scopariae (Fig. 28) but the anterior part of the ductus bursae of the former has a large and strongly sclerotized lamina and some long, sclerotized crest laterally, and the apex bursae has much larger and more circular appendage than in scopariae. By the mentioned characteristics, the new species should be placed into the scopariaesplendida group near to fuchsiana. It is known only from the type locality, an isolated member of the Gobi Altai chain, the Mts. Ih Bogd Uul, and it occurs in the subalpine zone. * * * Fig. 27. Cucullia marci sp. n. Paratype, Mongolia. — Fig. 28. Cucullia scopariae DORFMEISTER, Hungary.