MY A. J. turnp:r, 79 



'Catalogue of Eastern and Australian Lepidoptera' (Vol. ii. p.558), 

 Tineina, by Walsingham and Durrant. 

 Type, Atteva nivpigutta, Wlk., from India. 



1 . Hindwings wholly orange niphocosma. 



Hindwings with apical lialf grey 2. 



2. Forewings with a dark I'uscous terminal band a/higuttata. 



Forewings without a dark fuscous terminal band chw^opis. 



3. Atteva NiPiiocosi\iA, n.sp. 

 [vLcfia, snow, KuaiJLs, an ornament; adorned with snow-white.] 



^. 25 linn, Head snow-white; a dark fuscous spot on crown. 

 Palpi dark fuscous with some white scales; base of second joint 

 white. Antenme dark fuscous. Thorax golden-ochreous, with a 

 postmedian snow-white spot ; patagia and tegula; snow-white 

 except at base; a pair of white spots on underside. Abdomen 

 golden-ochreous; on underside with a median row of white spots. 

 Legs dark fuscous, femora and posterior til)ia?! golden-ochreous, 

 banded with white. Forewings elongate, costa arched near apex, 

 apex rounded, hindmai'gin slightly oblique, slightly rounded; 

 golden-ochreous, with numerous snow-white spots of unequal size; 

 a row of 9 or 10 small spots on or near costa ; two on dorsum 

 near base; two on dorsum before tornus, of these the first 

 is larger ; five unequally-sized spots in disc not regularly 

 arranged; an erect bar from anal angle to near last costal spot; a 

 spot on termen beneath apex; cilia pale ochreous. Hindwings 

 elongate, as broad as forewings; golden-ochreous of brighter shade 

 than forewings; cilia concolorous. 



Type in Coll. Turner. 



N.Q. Townsville; one specimen in February, received from Mr. 

 F, P. Dodd — Q. Brisbane; one specimen in March. 



A. impariguUella, Zel., is an allied species from Ceylon. A. 

 fahricieUa, ^^wed.-- niviguttclla, Wlk., from India and China is 

 very similar but distinct. A. brucea, Moore, from Java is 

 another closely allied species. A. emissella, Wlk., from Borneo, 

 is similar but has grey hindwings. A. niveAgiitta, Wlk., from 

 Assam, has been naturally confounded with nwiguttella, but is 



