558 TINEINA. 



HYFONOMEUTIB.ZE 

 ATTEVA, Wkr. 



ATTEVA, Wkr., Cat. Lp. Ins. BM. II. 526 (1854) ; Berg, An. Soc. 

 Ci. Argent. X. 99-100 (1880); Wlsm., Pr. Z. Soc. Lond. 1897, 112. 

 = PCECILOPTEKA, Clem., Pr. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phil. XII. 546-7 (1860). 

 = AMBLOTHBIDIA, Wlgrn., Resa Eugen. Zool. Ins. 385 (1861). 

 = COKINEA, Wkr., Cat. Lp. Ins. BM. XXVIII. 542 (1863). 

 = (ETA, Grt., Pr. Ent. Soc. Phil. V. 230-1 (1865). = SCINTILLA, 

 Gn., Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. XLVIII. (5 s.), IX. 287 (1879). = SYBLIS, 

 Gn., Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. XLVIII. (5 s.), IX. 288-9 (1879). 



3660. Atteva niveigutta, Wkr. 



= * fabriciella, Wlgrn. (nee Swed.) ; t niveigutt&ta, Z. 



Atteva niveigutta, Wkr., Cat. Lp. Ins. BM. II. 526-7 (I854) 1 . Amblothridia 

 fabriciella, Wlgrn., Resa Eugen. Zool. Ins. 385, PI. VII. 5 (i86i) 2 . Atteva 

 niveigutta, Moore, Pr. Z. Soc. Lond. 1867, 669 (1867) 3 . Atteva niveiguttata, 

 Z., Verb. ZB. Ges. Wien. XXIII. (1873), Abh. 231 (1873)*; Berg, An. Soc. Ci. 

 Argent. X. 103 (1880) 5 . Atteva fabriciella, Berg, An. Soc. Ci. Argent. X. 103 

 (1880) 6 . Atteva niveigutta, Swinh. & Cotes, Cat. Moths Ind. 718, No. 4915 

 (1889) \ 



Type 9. Mus. Br. 



Larva. Ailanthus excelsus s . Imago (China) XII 2 . 



Hob. INDIA Silhet J 4 > 7 , Bengal 3 . CHINA 2 6 . 



Mus. OXF. One specimen, Upper India (Drinkwater, 1889). [Wlsm. 

 Det. 40 (1893).] 



Wallengren (1. c. No. 2) figures a specimen from China which is 

 inseparable from niveigutta, Wkr., and identifies it with Phalana Tinea 

 fabriciella, Swederus. A careful study of the original description of 

 fabriciella shows that Swederus had before him not Atteva niveigutta^ 

 Wkr., but Corinea niviguttella, Wkr. The head is described as ' niveum ' 

 and the thorax as ' niveus cruce fulva ' ; both these characters could only 

 be applied to niviguttella. The forewings are described as being ' trans- 

 verse subtilissime striatae, aureae, subnitidse,' c. ; this applies much 

 better to niviguttella, Wkr., than to niveigutta, Wkr. ; the golden brown 

 colour in the latter is so much more extensive, that one would have 

 expected it to be taken as the ground-colour, and to have read that it was 

 varied by numerous white spots. The type is stated to be in 'Mus. 

 D. Lee' it would be interesting if this old collection could be traced. 



[Drnt.] 



As Walker described two similar species under almost identical special 

 names, it seems advisable to give the synonymy of niviguttella, Wkr. 

 ( = fabriciella> Swed.), which is not represented in the Oxford Museum 

 collection. 



