Ileterocera from Costa Rica. 597 



Female : a faint reddish-brown shade on fore wings beyond 

 cell, and a similar shade on hind wings between tlie lines. 

 Expanse 28 mm. 

 IJab. Juan Vinas. 



Peteli'a palliJulaj sp. n. 



(^ . Palpi and frons purplish brown. Vertex and body pale 

 reddish brown. Wings light brown : an outer row of 

 whitish points on veins, inwardly dark shaded. Fore wings : 

 antemedial whitish points on veins ; a reddish shade at end 

 of cell and beyond it ; a small similar shade below vein 2 

 medially, followed by a purplish shade wliich extends to 

 costal and inner margins ; a black discal point ; some darker 

 strife on margins. Hind wings : the cell crossed by purplish 

 striae ; a small reddish shade beyond cell between 4 and 6. 

 Fore wings below roseate buff ; a black streak on d'sco- 

 cellular ; some dark striae on costa. Hind wings below 

 yellowish ; the outer margin broadly roseate. 



Expanse 30 mm. 



Female : wings yellowish brown ; the outer row of spots 

 larger, black, those on veins 3 and 4 somewhat outset. 

 Fore wings : antemedial spots faintly connected by a fuscous 

 line; the purplish shade across end of cell very faint ; the 

 shades beyond cell pale ochreous. Wings below roseate ; a 

 faint darker subterminal shade. 



Expanse 32 mm. 



Hub. Poas. 



Allied to P. I'nferrupta, Warr. 



Petelia nigriveslita ^ sp. n. 



$. Palpi light brown tipped with grey. Frons purplish 

 brown. Body light brown; a large black patch on thorax 

 posteriorly extending on abdomen ; transverse black bandu 

 on most of the segments. Wings light brown with a few 

 darker striae and black irrorations. Fore wings : an inter- 

 rupted faint purplish antemedial line ; a large fuscous patch 

 at and beyond end of cell, not reaching outer margin, its 

 outer edge dentate and followed by a black spot at apex, 

 and a fuscous shade between 3 and 4; some outer white 

 points on veins 3-7 ; a purplish postmedial shade from vein 3 

 to inner margin, preceded below vein 2 by a faint pale 

 reddish shade. Hind wings : a faint postmedial line, heavily 

 marked, black, from vein 4 to inner margin and followed by 

 a large black patch, with its outer edge dentate. Under- 

 neath roseate buff with minute black discal points. 



