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

Gozmány, L.: Records on Microlepidoptera

greyish white, with a light violaceous-brown suffusion along upper half of wing ; sole sharp feature consisting of a large triangular blotch, deep brownish-violaceous in color and of a rather strong bronzy lustre, bordered by a sharp and thin black frame, its base resting on costa at basal 1/3 of wing (from 2/5 to 3/5 of costa), reaching down to beyond fold but not attaining dorsum ; pattern otherwise very indistinct, with exception of a minute but very sharp white dot at beginning of cilia on costa ; some scattered black scales along fold and cell, a small whitish irroration above tornus ; cilia brownish grey around apex, white on termen and dark grey at tornus and on dorsum. Hind wings a very dark greyish black ; cilia grey. Abdomen dark grey, segmental borders whitish, anal tuft light grey. Fig. 1. — A: Fore and hind wings of Scythris riihli sp. n. — B: Lateral views of the head of Paradoxus osyridellus Stt. — C : Paradoxus lushanensis sp. n. — D: Zelleria hepariella Stt. — E: Hoffmunnia saxifragae Stt. — F: Male genital organ of Tetanocentria ochraceella Rbl., ventrally and — G: lateroventrally. At first glance, the structure of its pattern rather resembles a species ot the Caloptilia stigmatella-group, while the shape of its wings that of a narrow-winged Cerostoma taxon. But, as far as I know them, it cannot be nearer compared to any species of the subfamily Hofmanniinae, wherein it surely belongs. The exact regulation of the species caused the investigation of some taxonomic problems. I was sure about its place in the subfamily, but, since M e yr i c k synonymized Hofmannia Wck. with Zelleria Stt. (Lep. Cat., pars 19 : Hyponomeutidae, Plutellidae, Amphitheridae, p. 11, 1914), and later drew also Paradoxus Stt., Xyrosaris Meyr., and Lycophantis Meyr. beneath Zelleria Stt. (M e y r i c k : Exot. Micr., Ill, part 13, p. 414), the problem was whether he was