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TINEID/E, SECT. 3, TINEINAE. (Fauna of the U. S. S. K, Lepidoptera, vol.4, part 3.) By A. K. Zagulajev. 1960. 266 pp., 231 text figs., 3 color pis. Published by the Zoological Institute of the Academy of Sciences, Moscow & Leningrad, U. S. S. R. (new series no.78). [Available from E. W. Classey, 4 Church Street, Isleworth, Middx., England; price £1.10.0.]
This new volume of the Fauna of the U. S. S. R. represents a part of the monograph on the family Tineidae and deals with the sub-family Tineinae occurring in the U. S. S. R. and the adjoining countries.
The division of the monograph into three parts (parts 1 and 2 are not yet published), along with the subdivision of the family into subfamilies, and the treatment of every part (i.e., subfamily) separately, seems to me a very fortunate principle. In this way the author is able to concentrate on each section and to elaborate it. In this respect the present part of the "Fauna" forms a favourable contrast with a previous Lepidoptera part of the series, the family Psychidae, by I. V. Kozhan-chikov, where the already large family was widely extended by adding all possible case-baring forms, many hardly related to the Psychidae. The result war partly a rather superficial compilation of literature data.
In the present part on the subfamily Tineinae, the True Clothes Moths, all ceratophagous and many synanthropous species, are dealt with extensively. The material used originates from several collections in Leningrad and Moscow, personal collecting by the author, the collections of Wocke (preserved in Leningrad), Ershoff, Eversmann, etc.
A chapter on general morphology precedes the special part. A chapter on the biology of the species comprises over 20 pages, including noteworthy details on the occurrence of little-known Central Asiatic species and an interesting compilation of the author's views of the descent and probable development of the remarkable wool-eating habits. Then follow remarks on the author's classification and phylogeny of the species. Chapters on the economic importance, the control, the parasites of the Tineinae, and a list of literature complete the general part.
It is of interest that the genera concerned may also be subdivided biologically. So Nemapogon contains phyto-detritophagous species, most of them mycetophagous; Haplotinea species feed on flour, seeds, cereals, etc.(Tinea and Tineola are ceratophagous; Myrmecozela lives in old ants' nests; etc.
In the special part the Tineidae are subdivided into several sub-families, of which only three, the Scardiinae, the Nemapogoninae, and the Tineinae are closely interrelated. Of these only the last subfamily is treated in the present part.
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The old complex genera of the Tineinae, such as Tinea, Tineola, Myrmecozeh, etc., appear to be quite unnatural, and considerable regrouping was necessary. So, e.g., the old genus Tinea has been revised with the use of the characters of male genitalia, venation, location of median spur of posterior tibia, and the amount of apical spines of the tarsal segments, etc., with the following result: 19 species were referred to nine other old genera, chiefly to Blabophanes and Myrmecozela; 38 species were placed in Nemapogon; 25 species in Lichenovora, Cephimal-lota, and Hoplotinea, while only 25 species remained in Tinea.
For the subdivision into higher taxa the morphology of the adults and the genital characters of the two sexes were chiefly used, but the morphology of the immature stages (larval chaetotaxy, etc.) and also biology, were fully considered. A new classification has resulted, in which certain genera and subgenera are differently placed than was done by Pierce (1935) and Petersen (1957). This is evident from the following subdivision of the book, where six genera and seven subgenera are classifies thus: (1) Monopis, subdivided into the subgenera Monopis, Blabophanes, and Monopina; (2) Tinea, divided into Tinea, Acedes, Tineida, and Tineopsis (the two last are indicated as "new subgenera", but as far as I understand, both are only lowered to a "new status", having been described as genera earlier); (3) Tineola; (4) Fermocelina; (5) Cilicorneola; and (6) Trichophaga. In total 57 species are described and recorded, of which 12 are new. Niditinea Pet. 1957 is sunk as a synonym of Tineidia Zag. 1954.
The well-illustrated special part deals with the following numbers of species: Monopis (13), Tinea (25), Tineola (2), Fermocelina (5), Cilicorneola (1), and Trichophaga (6). Morphology and biology (when known) of each species are given, d and $ genitalia, and often the adult, are figured. Descriptions are based on the adults, but for economically inportant species full descriptions and figures of the larvae and their chaetotaxy are added.
Zagulajev's monograph makes an excellent impression of accuracy, completeness, and competence. And I sincerely hope that the future parts 1 and 2 of the Tineidae will be of the same high standard and will follow soon. In the way of well-meant criticism it may be remarked that for the sake of completeness it would be advisable to add citations of type species under each genus and subgenus and of type localities under each species; this has been omitted. A great advantage for the readers of the monograph would be bibliography of the genera; although bibliography of each species is cited extensively, that of the genera is omitted altogether. This is the more deplorable because an important paper of Zagulajev, "Survey of Palaearctic Tineina", 1954, a precursor of the
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present monograph, apparently containing important descriptions, is either rare or not at all accessible in libraries outside the U. S. S. R.
A. DlAKONOFF,
Rijksmuseum van natuurlijke Historie, Leiden, NETHERLANDS
KLUCZE DO OZNACZANIA OWAD6W POLSKI [Keys for the Identification of Polish insects ]. Published by the Polish Entomological Society (in Polish), distributed by "Ars Polona", Krakowskie Przedmiescie 7, Warszawa, Poland.
The results of faunistic research are summarized in the studies of the fauna of different countries. These are usually published in two forms: in book form with the monographic studies; or as booklets with the keys for identification. In Poland the second form has been established.
The XXVIIth part of the "Keys" is reserved for the Lepidoptera. It is planned to issue 66 numbers of the unbounded booklets, to cover all the families, and inclusive of one number "The Introduction" for all Lepidoptera. In each number there are a short introduction, the list of all Central European species of the published family, and data on morphology and life-history. The main part contains the keys for the identification of the species. The text is supplemented by a number of figures.
So far, at our disposal are the following numbers:
2-4: Toll, S., 1959: Micropterygidse (pp.3-15, 27 figs.), Eriocraniidae
(pp.16-31, 40 figs.), and Hepialidae (pp.32-49, 44 figs.). 6 : Toll, S., 1959: Tischeriidse (21 pp., 46 figs.). 37: Schneider, J., Schneider, J., & Schneider, Z., 1961: ^Egeriidae (42 pp.,
52 figs., 6 col. plates). 39-40: Toll, S., 1956: Glyphipterygidse (pp.3-36, 88 figs.), Douglasiidae
(pp.37-50, 32 figs.). 45b: Bleszynski S., 1956: Pyralidae-Crambinae (87 pp., 286 figs.). 46a: Bleszynski S., 1960: Geometridae: Brephinae, Orthostixinae, Geom-
etrinae, Sterrhinae (149 pp., 446 figs.). 53a: Kostrowicki A.S., 1956: Noctuidae-Cuculiinae (124 pp., 441 figs.). 53b: Kostrowicki A.S., 1959: Noctuidae-Agrotinae, Melicleptriinae (145
pp., 429 figs.). 61-62: Krzywicki M., 1959: Lycaenidae (pp.3-59, 72 figs.) and Erycini-
dse (pp.60-64, 3 figs.).
Josef Moucha, Dept. of Entomology, National Museum in Prague, CZECHOSLOVAKIA