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Ronkay, G. ; Ronkay, L.: Taxonomic studies on the Palaearctic Cuculliae (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae), Part IV

Cucullia (PseudocopicucuUia) DUMONT. 1928, stat. n. This subgenus can be characterized — beside the claws of the fore tibiae — by the inflated, apically densely setose harpae, the relatively short valvae with rounded, less developed cucullus, the short, apically rounded clavus and the vesica with a lamina, between the two diverticles bearing the cornuti and having small teeth. The female genitalia have a very large, more or less heart-shaped ostiai appendage and well-developed sterigmae, the ductus bursae is membranous with some sclerotized crests laterally on its anterior part, the apex bursae is partly gelatinous with a small appendage. List of species — syrtana MABILLE, 1888 —jakesi sp. n. (type species) — melanoglossa BERIO, 1934 syrtana iranica BRANDT, 1941 — bensi AGENJO, 1952 — biskrana OBERTHÜR, 1918 — capazi AGENJO, 1952 Cucullia (PseudocopicucuUia) jakesi sp. n. (Plate I: 7) Holotype: male, "Iraq, Shibchah stone desert, 260 m, 150 kms SW of Najaf, O. Jakes Igt., 7. XI. 1978.", slide No. 1957 Ronkay. Deposited in coll. Jakes, (Brno). Description — Alar expanse 33 mm, length of fore wing 16 mm. —• Head and thorax light ochreous grey, collar striolate with brownish, grey and blackish lines, medial tuft of thorax dark grey. — Ground colour of fore wing pale ochreous grey, densely irrorated with ash-grey and with some plumbeous grey shine. Subbasal line absent, streak of submedian fold very fine, long, blackish. Antemedial line obsolescent, darker grey, strongly sinuous. Orbicular spot greyish, very slightly visible, reniform ochreous, incompletely encircled with grey and with a round brown spot at lower 7 8 9 Fig. 7. Cucullia (PseudocopicucuUia

) syrtana MABILLE, Algeria. — Fig. 8. Cucullia (P.) syrtana iranica BRANDT, Iraq. — Fig. 9. Cucullia (P.) sp., Iraq.