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vol. 39, p. 181; 1897, Lepidoptera, in Kiikenthal's Forschungsreise, p. 467. — 

 Semper, 1902, Schmetterlinge Philippinischen Inseln, vol. 2, p. 699. — 

 Pagenstecher, 1900, Zoologica, vol. 29, p. 232. — Meyrick, 1914, in AurivUlius, 

 Lepidopterorum Catalogus, pars 19, p. 2 [see note]. 



Distribution: Moluccas; Philippine Is., Luzon (also Morotai, 

 Celebes, Aru and Shorthland Is., according to Semper). 



Note: Meyrick does not record this species from the PhiUppine 

 Islands neither in Lepidopterorum Catalogus nor in the Genera 

 Insectorum, but records Atteva apicalis Vollenhoven (described from 

 Java) instead. Since these two brightly colored species, figured on 

 a single plate, cannot be confused with one another and Semper 

 explicitly records basalis, I am inclined to accept this record and to 

 ascribe Meyrick's change to his confusion of the rather similar names: 

 basalis and apicalis. I have not seen any Phihppine material of 

 either species so far. 



Atteva triplex, new species 



Figures 352, 732 



Female, 33 mm. Head white, face with a black median vertical 

 patch, vertex with a black U-shaped marginal spot. Palpus dark 

 grey bronze, rather long. Antenna grey bronze, from beyond base 

 with broad white bands above, apical fourth white above. Thorax 

 (strongly rubbed) fulvous orange? Abdomen deep golden orange. 

 Metasternum with a pair of lateral white spots. Posterior leg brassy 

 grey, with a silvery gloss, tibia only with inner spurs which are short. 



Forewing elongate suboval, dilated, rather narrow, apex obtuse, 

 termen rounded. Deep brassy golden, brownish in certain lights, 

 costal half of wing as far as fold suffused with brassy purple, somewhat 

 less glossy; this suffusion on median third of wing breadth extending 

 little beyond cell, in costal third reaching to apex; about costal third 

 of wing from beyond base to before apex suffused with deep violet 

 purple, with little gloss. Spots white; a transverse large spot before 

 base above dorsum; three large round spots along fold, becoming 

 larger posteriorly and alternating with two very small ones (second 

 of these absent in right wing) ; three smaller less rounded spots well 

 below posterior half of costa, median of these highest, posterior one 

 well before apex; two small dots transversely between second and 

 third of the preceding spots; five transverse small spots just below 

 costa, first very small, well beyond base, three following equidistant, 

 slender, transverse, last on middle of costa, larger, transversely oval, 

 additional round dot below this. Cilia brassy brown. 



Hindwing deep orange golden, costa as far as the course of vein 8 

 whitish, somewhat less than apical half dull blackish brown, as far 



