Boros István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 52. (Budapest 1960)

Gozmány, L.: The results of the zoological collecting trip to Egypt in 1957, of the Natural History Museum, Budapest. 8. Egyptian Microlepidoptera II.

Nylonala gen. n. Face rounded, labial palpi ascendent, third joint as long as second ; maxillary palpi appressed to face ; tongue well developed, antennae without peculiarities (based on Holotype female !), with possibly scaped out basal joint in male (fig. 1:B). Fore wing elongate, narrow, apex somewhat blunt ; termen subperpendicular. Venation : r

l very long, r

2 removed from common stalk of r

;j+4

, this as long as free branches, conascent with m

b from upper angle of cell, lower angle more processed, with short common stalk of (later much divergent) m

2

+

y originating from it, cui,

2 almost equidistant with stalk of m

2+y both much removed from lower angle. Hind wing elongate subtriangular, apex long. Venation sc+rr on as long a stalk as free branches, anastomosing or stalked for a short bit with mi, ce

ll very short, discocellular not arched but almost straight and evanescent, m

2 + 3 on very long stalk with conascent cu

x from lower angle of cell, cu

2 not far removed (fig. 1 : D). Concerning general composition of venation and shape of wing, it stands nearest to Tlascala Hülst, but its r

x is shorter, r

2 almost coincident with3

;j

+

4 on fore wing, with distinctly arched if evanescent discocellular on hind wing ; Stylopalpia Hampson is also similar, but with r

n also shorter, and free m

2

,

;j

on fore wing. Female genital organ characterized by ductus-wall being fortified by long, highly sclerotized ribs, somewhat bent along axis of duct. Generotype : infidelis sp. n. Nylonala infidelis sp. n. Alar exp.^ 18mm. Head, palpi, thorax and abdomen a dark greyish-brown, roughly cove ed with intermingling blackish scales. Fore wing dark greyish brown, with two very indistinct blackish transverse bands, one near base, second near and parallel with termen. Surface of wing roughly scaled. Ciliae dark grey, with blackish basal line. Hind wing a very light, wholly transparent grey, darker only along margin, ciliae greyish. It rather resembles a dark, patternless P/ryciia-species, or a large and blackish Cryptoblabes gnidiella Mill., but it cannot be confused with any known taxon. Female genital organ : introitus a deep incision, lamella multiangular, gonapophyses anteriores and posteriores of almost equal length, three patches of coremata on each size, bursa wholly transparent and invisible, same as ductus, which is, however, made conspicuous by its 8—10 longitudinal and much sclerotized dark ribs, somewhat contorted along longitudinal axis of duct (fig. 2 : C). Holotype female : "Cairo, Egypt, 18 Sept. 1957, gen. prep. 1177, leg. Dr. G o z m á n y"Deposited in the Collection of the Hungarian Natural History Museum. Ectomyelois ceratoniae Z. — Cairo, 12 Sept. Cryptoblabes gnidiella Mill. — Cairo, 12, 14, 18, 20 ; Kom Osim, 9 Oct., Sids, 14 Oct. It occurred in masses in the valley of the Nile. Aglossa pinguinalis var. asiatica Ersch. — Saqqara, 23 Sept. Crocalia aglossalis Meyr. — Idfu, 29 Oct. A very light-colored specimen.