Heterocera from Costa Rica. 211 



Expanse 24 mm. 

 llah. Avangarez. 

 Near E. cnossi'a, Druce. 



Phohalosia grandlmacula, sp. n. 



(J . Palpi and frons grey ; vertex fuscous brown ; irides- 

 cent golden scales between antennfe; collar, thorax, and 

 abdomen whitish, thickly coveied with tine wavy gvej lines ; 

 anal hairs fuscous brown. Fore wings whitish, thickly- 

 covered witii transverse brownish strice ; traces of an ante- 

 medial geminate grey line, forming three outward curves ; a 

 very large round brown-black spot at and beyond end of cell, 

 followed by a fine dark postniedial line, slightly excurved; 

 a subterminal dentate white line, preceded by a brown shade 

 on costa; an interrupted dark terminal line. Hind wings 

 whitish, suffused with grey ; a dark terminal line. Hind 

 wings below with a dark discal point and a postmedial line 

 angled at vein 4. 



Expanse 16 mm. 



l^ab. Tuis, Juan Vinas. 



Gasandria arcea, sp. n. 



? . Palpi grey ; head grey, shaded with light brown 

 laterally and behind, a fuscous line between antennae ; thorax 

 and abdomen grey, somewhat shaded with brown, the last 

 two segments dorsally and laterally brown. Fore wings dark 

 grey ; the subterminal area suffused with white ; a basal and 

 antemedial excurved brownish shade^ the latter followed by a 

 whitish spot in and below cell to submedian, containing a 

 cluster of black scales on fold, and is partly edged below 

 with brownish ; an incurved dark grey shade on discocellular, 

 followed by 'a small white spot ; beyond cell a brown line, 

 forming a vague " 8." Hind wings silky greyish brown. 



Expanse 26 mm. 



Hab. Sixola. 



Celiptera mo7itana, sp. n. 



(J . Body dull brownish grey. Fore wings grey, irrorated 

 with brown ; an indistinct basal and subbasal darker grey 

 line ; an antemedial straight buff line, outwardly shaded 

 with reddish and then olive-brown, becoming greyer towards 

 costa ; a similar line from vein 9 at 2 mm. from apex to inner 

 margin near tornus ; the intermediate space crossed by four 

 daiker grey and indistinct lines; reniform large, outlined in 



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