E. unicolor (Hendel, 1914), comb. n. (fig. 4)

Apyrgota unicolor Hendel, 1914: 108 . — Taeniomastix unicolor: Enderlein, 1942: 156; Steyskal, 1977: 41.

M a t e r i a l. Type. Holotype Apyrgota unicolor ♀: [Sri Lanka:] “ Trincowali / To light, 25.3.[18]92”, [“leg. col. Yerburg ”], “ Apyrgota // unicolor, Hend. / det. Hendel ”, “Type Ơ [red bordered circle]”, “Holo / type [red bordered circle]”, “Holotype Apyrgota unicolor Hendel verified J. E. Chainey 2002”, “ BMNH # 252176 ”. Directly pinned (BMNH).

D i a g n o s i s.This species is very similar to E. pictiventris, sharing with it the vestiture of body and legs, kidney-like shape and distal position of femoral organ and presence of stiff, erect and apically blunt setae on ventral side of oviscape anterior of hooks, differing mainly by the wing without spots or bands, entirely reddish yellow thorax and abdomen without black or brown pattern; and three pairs of thick setae on ventral surface of oviscape (instead of one or two).

R e m a r k s. As the variability of E. pictiventris is poorly understood, and E. unicolor is known from a single female, we prefer to leave their possible synonymy pending until more specimens are available. Hendel (1914) mentioned “oviscape” in the original description, that means he described a female; the original description includes a female character turned, which was later erroneously considered a male character.