TRANSACTIONS 



OF THE 



AMERICAN ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



VOLUME XLI 



NEW SPECIES OF HETEROCERA FROM TROPICAL 

 AMERICA 



BY W. SCHAUS 



All my types up to date are in the United States National 

 Museum, Washington, D. C. 



Arctiidae 

 Afrida sceletozona sp. n. 



cf . Fore wings white ; base of costa and a subbasal half Hne black, the latter 

 angled; a dentate line of dark scales across middle of wing, followed by a curved 

 mark in the cell, and a similar outer Une outangled below subcostal and fol- 

 lowed by a small dot on discocellular; a dot on upper third of termen; some 

 dark scales at apex, and on fringe. Hind wings whitish shaded with pale gray 

 on veins and margin; a round discal dot; a curved postmedial line. Expanse, 

 13 mm. 



Habitat: Juan Vinas, Costa Rica. 



Afrida polyglotta sp. n. 



9 . Fore wings silvery white; costa with three black dashes, the outer two 

 convergent, with a yellow shade between, and an arc before apex; a large 

 purple gray patch on outer margin, covering tornus and projecting roundedly 

 inward, edged above by an irregular black hne, broken central!}^ by a vertical 

 dash; above the end of the purple patch a black dot sends a hne outward and 

 downward, dentate and broken below, leaving a dot on inner margin; a dentate 

 double hne on basal third of inner margin forming a closed loop above; a black 

 dash beyond it below the second costal dash. Hind wings gray, the apex and 

 discal dot a little darker. Expanse, 15 mm. 



Habitat: .Juan \'ifias, (^)sta Rica. 



TRAXS. \\l. K\T. SOC. XLI. (1) 



