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.

Zeutolopha isidis Z. — Cairo, 21 Sept., Assuan, 26 Oct. A male and a female specimen. Dattinia lobelalis Chrét. — Helwan, 15 Sept. I have yet specimens from Algier and Tunis, yet all from April and May. Dattinia sinaica Rbl. — Four specimens from Hurghada on the Red Sea, 3 Nov. Duponchelia fovealis Z. — Kom Osim, 9 Oct. Duponchelia caidalis Obrth. — Kom Osim, 9 Oct. Two specimens of this rare taxon. Erda ornatalis Dup. — Sohag, 19 Oct. Nomophila noctuella Schiff. — Kom Osim, 9 Oct., Sids, 14 Oct., Assuan, 26 Oct., Hurghada, 3 Nov. Pachyzancla licarsisalis Wik. — Cairo, 12, 14, Sept., Assuan, 26 Oct., Hurghada (Red Sea), 3 Nov. It is very common in the valley of the Nile, even in the centre of the cities, hiding in the daytime under the leaves of shrubs, ornamental bushes in gardens, etc. Micractis nubilalis Hbn. •— Cairo, 12, 20 Sept., Abu Rawash (near Gizeh, Cairo), 2 Oct. Cornifrons ulceratalis Ld. — Sohag, 19 Oct., Idfu, 28 Oct., Hurghada (Red Sea), 3 Nov. Noctuelia floralis Hbn. — Cairo, 12 Sept., Idfu, 28 Oct. Bactra bánosii sp. n. Alar exp.: Male 14, female 15—16 mm. Head, palpi, thorax light yellowish brown, with some darker scales, palpi of male more trapezoid than those of female, hairs of second joint whitish above, dark brownish below, those of female wholly brownish (fig. 3 : A, B). Basic color of fore wing yellowish brown, pattern very indistinct, dark greyish brown, consisting of a basal band, much broken, with usually only a darker spot remaining of it within base of cell, a larger but indistinct blotch at end of cell, surrounded by smaller dots or short lines, a preterminal light line, backed terminad by a dark and broken shadow, some very small dark wedges along costa ; wing lightest in plical, subcostal and preterminal areas ; ciliae greyisb brown. Hind wings light greyish, ciliae silken grey. Owing to the notoriously indistinct and variable pattern of all Bactra species, the new taxon cannot surely be identified by external morphological characters alone. Superficially, it stands nearest to furfurana Haw., yet this species belongs to sg. Bactra, whilst the new one must be relegated to sg. Chiloides Btl., owing to its genital characteristics, as set out below. Male genital organ : it takes in an intermediate position between Bactra (Chiloides) truculenta Meyr., and B. (Ch.) venosana Z., so that it will be sufficient to describe only the distinguishing features. From truculenta Meyr., it differs in the shape of the uncus and tegumen, the larger valvula, the composition of the three groups of thorns on the sacculus (3 at its tip, 5 at its basal costa, and 4 in an oblique row along base), and mainly in the group of strong cornuti within the aedoeagus (4 large and several small ones). From venosana Z., it can be distinguished by the differently shaped tegumen, the large valvula, the larger number and bigger formation of the thorns on the sacculus, and the uneven size of the cornuti (fig. 3 : C).