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Show 1867.] MR. F. MOORE ON BENGALESE LEPIDOPTERA. 669 Genus JEMENE, Walk. iEMENE TAPROBANIS, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. ii. Bombyces, p. 542. Calcutta ( W. S. Atkinson). Tribe TINEINES. Fam. TINEID^E. Genus TINEA. TINEA LONGICORNIS, Stainton, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. v. n. s. p. 113. Calcutta. Genus PORSICA, Walk. PORSICA INGENS, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. xxxv. Suppl. v. p. 1823. Genus ALAVONA, Walk. ALAVONA BARBARELLA, Walk. ib. xxviii. p. 515. Fam. HYPONOMEUTID^;. Genus ATTEVA, Walk. Syn. Amblothridia, Wallengren ; Corinea, Walk. ATTEVA NIVEIGUTTA, Walk. ib. ii. Bomb. p. 526. Corinea niveiguttella, Walk. ib. xxviii. p. 542. Larva feeds on Ailanthus excelsus, residing in a common very fine web. At times a perfect pest, denuding the tree of its leaves.-Dr. Bonavia. H Y P O N O M E U T A LINEATONOTELLA, n. sp. (Pl. XXXIII. fig. 18.) Fore wing dark cream-white, marked with four black longitudinal subcostal lines, one basal and two subbasal black spots, a series of six subapical spots, and a row of spots along the apical and exterior margins; base of costa also black : hind wing cinereous brown. Cilia white. Head, thorax, palpi and legs cream-white, with black spots. Abdomen pale ferruginous. Antennse white. Expanse If inch. Darjeeling. In Coll. F. Moore. Fam. PLUTELLID.E. Genus CEROSTOMA, Latr. C E R O S T O M A RUGOSELLA, Stainton, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. v. n. s. p. 113. Calcutta (W. S. Atkinson). C. ALBOFASCIELLA, Stainton, ib. v. n. s. p. 114. Calcutta (W. S. Atkinson). |