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9. Oospila depressa spec. nov. 



Forewiny : dull gi'eeii ; costal edge ochreous, with a few speckles ; two large 

 blotches of flesh-coloured ochreous striated with purplish and broadly edged with 

 the same colour; ouo at apex, subquadrate, reaching veiu 4; the other oblong at 

 anal angle, occupying outer tliree-tifths of inner margin, its upper edge flat, reaching 

 vein 'Z ou bindmargin and slightly curved above that vein towards its end ; a 

 marginal purple line ; fringe ochreous, che.piered with jmrplish beyou<l veins ; 

 cell-spot small, black. 



IliiidiciiK/ : with a lengthened ajiical blotch reaching from middle of costa to 

 vein 4, its inner edge sinuate, indented ou vein (5; anal patch small, reaching vein 2; 

 a raised white cell-spot at ujiper end of discocellular. 



Underside pale whitish green, the blotches showing through ; costa of forewing 

 yellowish. 



Face and palpi dull red-brown ; vertex white : tliorax green ; abdomen 

 ochreous pink ; the dorsum with red-brown crests. 



Expanse of wings : 35 to 40 mm. 



3 ¥ ? from Tuis, Costa Rica. 



Hmaller than the allied species ; distinguished by the flattened anal blotch of 

 forewing, and the wide green interval reaching to marginal line between the two 

 pale blotches. 



10. Racheospila megastigma spec. nov. 



Fureiriiig : semihyaline green; the costal area diff'usely and irregularly red- 

 brown, before the middle emitting from the lower edge a blunt projection to median 

 vein inclosing the discocellular sjiot, as in A', de pen dens Warr., and at three-fourths 

 an outwardly directed tooth on vein ; the costal edge narrowly white; hindmargin 

 red-brown, swollen into a bilobed projection between 4 and 6, and gradually 

 broadening again from veiu 3 to anal blotch ; along the margin this red-brown is 

 preceded by a yellowish tint ; fringe (worn) brownish. 



llindiclnq : with a broad red-brown marginal border, narrowed from 3 to 4, 

 running up narrowly along inner margin nearly to base ; cell-spot large, red-brown. 



Underside iridescent whitish green, the dark tints showing through. 



Face and palpi ros3'-red above, pale greenish below ; fillet and antennae snow- 

 white ; vertex red-brown ; thorax green ; abdnmen red-brown, with snow-white 

 dorsal spots (in each segment ; legs and underside of abdomen pale greenish. 



Exjjause of wings : 20 mm. 



1 ? from Tuis, L'osta Rica. 



The species is intermediate between R. dependeHS Warr. and 11. bidentifera Warr. 



Subfamily STERRHINAE. 

 11. Anisodes ruficosta siiec. nov. 

 Foreiciiaj : ochreous, with neat reddish striations ; the shades accompanying 

 the lines greyish brown and dift'nse, imparting a general grey tint to tlie whole 

 wing ; costal streak retldish brown, the costal edge marked by black dashes at the 

 commencement of the lines; the subcostal vein dull red; first line marked by six 

 black spots, three in the intervals as well as on the veins ; outer line at three- 

 fourths, distinctly marked on the veins ; a small dark cell-spot followed by a 



