78 REVISION OP^ AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, 



'^vo.y, }>ascs of patagia and a pair of median spots black. 

 Abdomen blackisli, apices of segments, tuft, and most of under- 

 side white. Legs white annulated willi l)lack. Forewings 

 narrow-elongate; wliitish-grey with numerous black spots; G or 7 

 spots on )>asal half of costa; a row of six spots al)ove dorsal 

 margin, the last two touching margin near tornus; a row of eight 

 spots above fold; several spots irregularly distributed l)etween 

 this row and apical half of costa; a number of confluent spots 

 near termen; cilia grey, bases l)Iackish. iiindwings considerably 

 ])roader than forewings; grey; cilia grey, towards tornus white. 



Walker described iidcrnellus on the same page but l)efore 

 puHtulelliix^ indicating, however, that the former might be a 

 vari(!ty of tlie latter; so that T pi-esume the second name should 

 be adopted for the species. 



i.l. Brisbane, Mt. Tambourine and Warwick; in October and 

 November— N.S.W. Sydney (Walker). 



2. lIvpoNo>ir:uTA myriosemus. 



|/xi;/H'oi-, numerous, crr^^a, a mark; many-spotted.] 



I fypo'nomeuta myrioHema, Turn., Trans. R. See. S.A. 1898, p. 200. 



Tyf)e in Coll. Turner. 



Q. Brisbane and Mt. Tambourine; in August and November. 



Gen. 2. A tt e v a. 

 Atteva, Wlk., I^,rit. >Tus. Cat. ii. 52G. 



Head smooth. Antennae in male simple. Tongue well developed. 

 Maxillary palj)i obsolete. Tjabial palpi moderate, curved, ascend- 

 ing, smootli-scaled; terminal joint about as long as second, stout, 

 t()l(!rably acute. Forewings elongate ; with twelve veins, all 

 s(!()arate, vein 2 from considerably })efore angle. Iiindwings with 

 eight veins, all separate, veins .'>, 4, and 5 widely separate, 5, G, 

 and 7 somciwhat approximated at base. Hindlegs of ^ very 

 sl(Mider and the tibi;e without spurs. 



A genus of wide distribution, being represented in the tropics 

 of both liemispheres. For its synonymy refer to Swinhoe's 



