Six species of the genus Murgisca Walker, 1863 are recognized, four them new: antillana Becker, sp. n., from Jamaica and Dominican Republic, M. cubana sympatrica n. taina Cuba. The is restricted to Antilles, with cervinalis previously described Republic subductella (Möschler, 1890) Puerto Rico. Two not congeneric transferred Lepidomys Guenée, 1852 as L. diplommatalis (Dyar, 1914), comb. Panama ...

Catherine ARDEN*, Laura J. HAMPSON*, Guo C. HUANG*, James A. M. SHAW*, Ali ALDIBBIAT*, Graham HOLLIMAN*, Derek MANAS*, Salmaan KHAN†, Alex J. LANGE† and Loranne AGIUS*1 *Institute of Cellular Medicine, The Medical School, Leech Bld Level 4, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, U.K., and †Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneap...

Cognitive sex differences have been demonstrated in humans: men usually outperform women on spatial ability (Linn & Peterson, 1985; Gladue et al., 1990; Mann et al., 1990; Gouchie & Kimura, 1991; Gladue & Bailey, 1995; Halpern & Tan, 2001; Tan et al., 2003a, b; Herlitz & Lovén, 2009); women outperform men on verbal tasks (Hyde & Linn, 1988; Mann et al., 1990; Halpern & Tan, 2001; Tan et al., 20...

The genus Neogalea Hampson, 1906 is reviewed, including three species. N. sunia (Guenée, 1852) with Pan-American distribution, caracara Troubridge, 2020 known from the Florida Keys and Brazil a new one restricted to specific region of Brazil: sororcula Becker, sp. n. (Semiarid or Caatinga biome). A key species, diagnosis, descriptions, illustrations for species are presented.

A small Central Asian Noctuidae genus Palaeagrotis Hampson, 1907 is revised. One new species, P. adrienneae Volynkin, Gyulai & Behounek, sp. n. is described from South Mongolia. The lectotypes of Hadena inops Lederer, 1853 and Heterographa sibirica Staudinger, 1896 are designated. The adults, and the male and female genitalia are illustrated.

Five new species of the genus Endotricha Zeller are described from China: Endotricha dentiprocessasp. n., Endotricha unicolorsp. n., Endotricha shafferisp. n., Endotricha convexasp. n. and Endotricha whalleyisp. n. Females of three species are described for the first time: Endotricha hoenei Whalley, 1963, Endotricha luteogrisalis Hampson, 1896 and Endotricha simipunicea Wang & Li, 2005. Photogr...

A new species of the Bryophila (Scythobrya) salomonis species-group, B. kaszabi sp. n. is described. A diagnostic comparison is made with B. miltophaea Hampson, 1908 and B. plumbeola Staudinger, 1881. Adults, male and female genitalia of the new and related species are illustrated.