282 TINEID.^.— PTEROPIIOEID.E. 



Genus ATTEVA, JFalker. 

 Atteva pulchella, u. sp. 



Fore wing dark gilded-yellow, the exterior border being tinged with purple-brown ; a 

 longitudinal series of white spots, of similar size, and mostly disposed as those in A. niveigutta : 

 hind wing bright ochreous-yellow, with the outer half and cilia purplish-brown. Thorax 

 and head gilded-yellow, thorax white-spotted, front edged with white ; palpi purple-brown, 

 with white bands; antennte brown, the basal joint being white ; legs brown above, yellow 

 beneath ; tip of tibiae and tarsal joints banded with white. 



Expanse 1-^q inch. 



JIab. ■? [Atkinson). In coll. Dr. Staudinger. 



I^ote. This is nearest allied to the Australian A. albigntteUa [Oeta albiguttela, Zeller, 

 Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. 1873, p. 230), the type of which has been examined. 



Genus IIYPONOMEUTA, ZcUer. 

 Hyponomeuta brunnescexs, n. sp. 

 Pale cinereous-brown : fore wing with five longitudinal series of black spots, terminating 

 on the disc, and the upper row extending along edge of the costa, beyond which is a sub- 

 marginal series of spots disposed somewhat in shape of the figure 8: hind wing and 

 abdomen paler cinereous-brown. Thorax with black spots in front ; palpi and fore legs 

 dark brown. 



Expanse iy^y inch. 



Hah. Dariiling. In coll. Dr. Staudinjjer. 



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Genus ADELA, Latr. 

 Adela Atkinsonii, u. sp. 



Male. Fore wing with the basal area metallic ochreous-green, the apical area and cilia 

 cupreous-red, the division being formed by a postmedial transverse outwardly-oblique 

 narrow yellow band, which is bordered on both sides by a contiguous silvery band ; there 

 are also two shorter upper antemedial silvery bands, wliich are preceded by a subbasal 

 longitudinal costal black-edged yellow streak ; apical area thickly speckled with longitu- 

 dinally disposed, partly confluent yellow speckles : hind wing pale cuprescent-brown, cilia 

 paler. Thorax metallic cuprescent-green ; front and palpi ochreous ; fore and middle legs 

 dark metallic cupreous-brown ; tibite beneath and tarsal bands yellow ; antennfe steel-blue 

 at the base. 



Expanse x'.s inch. 



Hal). Darjiling. In coll. Dr. Staudinger. 



Family PTEROPII RID^. 



Genus ALUCITA, Steph. 

 Aluc'ita sikkima, n. sp. 

 Male. Ochreous ; shafts of the plumes of both wings tranversely brown-speckled where 



