288 Mr. W. Scliaus on 



Blechroma epaphras, sp. n. 



^ . Palpi black, edged below and above with white. 

 Frons white mottled with brown ; vertex and body above 

 green ; some brown mottlings on thorax ; abdomen with 

 four small white dorsal spots, and faint whitish segmental 

 lines on following segments. Wings green with some 

 scattered darker green spots ; cilia whitish green, with small 

 fuscous spots at veins. Fore wings : costa finely creamy 

 white striated with fuscous grey ; some antemedial smoky 

 spots forming an inbent line; fuur fuscous spots about 

 discocehular ; an outer lunular smoky shade, slightly inset 

 between veins 5 and 6. Hind wings ; a fuscous spot at base; 

 a fine antemedial line and smoky spot on inner margin ; the 

 outer smoky shade nearer termen from vein 4 to inner 

 margin. Wings bedow greenish white; the costa of fore 

 wings with dark striai and spots ; some small spots in cell, 

 and larger spots at end of cell and beyond it ; the outer line 

 well marked on costa. 



Expanse 28 mm. 



Uab. Juan Vinas, Carillo. 



Tachyphyle oleaster, sp. n. 



(J . Frons green ; vertex white. Thorax, abdomen, and 

 wings dull green, the wings tinged with brown ; minute 

 black discal points ; a greenish-white line from near apex of 

 fore wing to middle of inner margin of hind wing. Fore 

 wings : the costa brighter green ; a faint whitish-green 

 medial line ; cilia rather long, silky green. Wings below 

 whitish olive ; the whitish lines indistinct ; the apex of fore 

 wing tipped with black; minute black discal points. The 

 female has no black tip to apex of fore wing below. 



Expanse, c? 21 mm., ? cO mm. 



Hub. La Florida, Sixola, Tuis, Guapiles. 



Tachyphyle hamata, sp. n. 



S. Palpi white. Vertex white. Collar and thorax green ; 

 abdomen above paler green. Wings green. Fore wings: the 

 apex falcate ; the cuter margin incurved ; some brownish stria3 

 in cell and below it, forming a faint antemedial line extending 

 to subraedian ; a fine fuscous line on discocellular ; outer 

 space to termen shaded with brown, crossed by a broad dark 

 purplish-brown shade, outwardly tinged with lilacine ; this 

 shade extends across middle of hind wings. Fore wings 

 below dull dark green, the hind wings greenish white ; a 



