. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. 94 P. R. SEYMOUR i $, (V. Faroult); Touggourt, 1 <$, ; Saudi Arabia: El Riad, 3 cJ, 5 ?, (E. Diehl), in ZSBS, Munich; El Ryadh, 3 <J, 6 $, (£. Zta«), in ZSBS, Munich; Jidda, 1 (J, (#. Si/. 5. P/w'%); Tihama of Asir, 1 $, ; Iran: Belutschistan, Jranshar, 800 m, 3 $, 3 $, (Richter & Schauffele); 1 $, (Richter & Schauffele), in ZSBS, Munich. Distribution. Algeria, Arabia and Iran. Remarks. The long tongue together with the ridged
. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. 94 P. R. SEYMOUR i $, (V. Faroult); Touggourt, 1 <$, ; Saudi Arabia: El Riad, 3 cJ, 5 ?, (E. Diehl), in ZSBS, Munich; El Ryadh, 3 <J, 6 $, (£. Zta«), in ZSBS, Munich; Jidda, 1 (J, (#. Si/. 5. P/w'%); Tihama of Asir, 1 $, ; Iran: Belutschistan, Jranshar, 800 m, 3 $, 3 $, (Richter & Schauffele); 1 $, (Richter & Schauffele), in ZSBS, Munich. Distribution. Algeria, Arabia and Iran. Remarks. The long tongue together with the ridged incurved region of the 8th abdominal tergum readily distinguishes albida from other species in this genus. Masalia per striata (Hampson) comb. n. (Text-figs 10, 112, 113; PI. 10, figs 226-230; Map 11) Raghuva perstriata Hampson, 1903 : 32. Antenna with flagellar segments sexually dimorphic. Proboscis quotient: 5. Fore wing with areole. In the male, the costa dilates at a point a little beyond the centre to form a node. Into this node runs an elongate ridge, which arises from a position anterior to the areole, between R1-R4 (Text-fig. 10). The node and ridge are not differentiated in the female. Genitalia, o* scobinate bar and cornutus as in Text-figs 112, 113. $ papilla analis simple. Remarks. The long proboscis together with male characters, the node and ridge in the fore wing and the few but well developed scobinate bar spicules, distinguish M. perstriata from other species in the genus. Three subspecies are recognized, the nominate subspecies from India, M. p. fuscostriata from Arabia and Iran, and M. p. zernytamsia from east Africa. The nominate subspecies and M. p. zernytamsia are marked on the fore wing with a row of terminal dots, which are absent in M. p. fuscostriata. No morphological differ- ences have been found between M. p. perstriata and M. p. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced
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