S. Mahunka szerk.: Folia Entomologica Hungarica 56. (Budapest, 1995)

New Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) species from West and Central Asia P. Gyulai and L. Ronkay New Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) species from West and Central Asia - Two new species, Conisania verhulsti sp. n. (China, India) and Dasypolia (Dasythorax) monotona sp. n. (China) and a new subspecies, Leucochlaena fallax reticularis ssp. n. (Central Turkey) are described. With 19 figures. INTRODUCTION The intensive collectings of the last some years in various parts of West and Central Asia resulted in a large amount of distribution data of poorly known Noctuidae species as well as discovery of undescribed species. Present paper contains the descriptions of three new noctuid taxa from Central Turkey and from the Himalayan region, respectively. In 1992, losef Verhulst collected an interesting Noctuidae species in NW China, the male genitalia of which show an unusual, extremely simplified structure of the genital capsula while the configuration of the vesica is being typical for some Central Asian groups of Conisania Hampson, 1905. The comparative study of the genitalia proved that the two specimens represent an undescribed Conisania species. Surprisingly, the extensive Noctuidae material collected by P. Kautt and V. Weisz in Himachal Pradesh in India contained the third specimen of this curious hadenine species, inhabiting the higher altitudes of the Tibetan and Himalayan regions. The description of the new species is given below. Conisania verhulsti sp. n. (Figs 1-5, 16-18) Holotype: male, NW China, Gansu, Xiahe, 3000 m, 8.07.1992, leg.: I. Verhulst, gen. prep. No. 576 Gyulai, deposited in coll. P. Gyulai (Miskolc, Hungary). Paratypes: China: 1 female, Tibet, N. Lhasa, Nyainquentangla, Yangbaying, 4300 m, 3.07.1994, leg. J. Verhulst (coll. Gyulai). India: 1 male, Himachal Pradesh, Spiti, Spiti valley, 6 km SE Kaza, 4100 m, 17.7.1994, No. 41, leg. P. Kautt & V. Weisz (coll. H. Hacker, Staffelstein, Germany). Slide Nos 4956 Ronkay (male), 664 Gyulai (female). Description: wingspan 32-33 mm, lenght of forewing 15 mm. Ground colour of thorax and forewings pale, almost unicolorous khaki-brown or ochreous brown, thorax with a few, scattered brownish hairs. Ante- and postmedial lines fine, rather conspicuous,