Ileterocera from Costa Rica. 6^1 



outcurved beyond cell, and narrowly edged outwardly witii 

 green, followed by a broad dull brownish shade ; an indistinct 

 brownish subterminal shade, chiefly opposite cell and be- 

 tween vein 2 and submedian; cilia mottled with paler grey. 

 Hind wings dull brown, the ternien slate-grey ; a fuscous 

 discal shade ; a fine posbmedial dark line, interrupted below 

 vein 2, and partly edged with green. Wings below bluish 

 white, irrorated with fuscous brown except on termen ; a 

 fuscous medial line, spots on discocellular, a fine interrupted 

 postmedial line, and broad subterminal shade. Hind tibia 

 fringed above with reddish-brown hairs. 



Expanse 28 mm. 



IJaJ). C.^achi, Juan Vinas. 



Homopyralis charopus, sp. n. 



S . Palpi fuscous ; a bufE shade at base of third joint. 

 Head, collar, and thorax fuscous brown mottled witli slate- 

 colour. Abdomen above fuscous, underneath yellowish buff; 

 a dorsal reddish shade on basal segment. Fore wings : costal 

 margin and cell mostly fuscous brown, below cell from base 

 to postmedial line lilacine brown, thinly irrorated with red ; 

 some pale brown spots on extreme costa at origin of lines ; 

 some whitish-grey tufts at base ; subbasal forming a broad 

 black shade; antemedial fine, lunular, black, followed by 

 small black orbicular and by a similar medial line ; reniform 

 round, black ; postmedial fine, black, somewhat punctiform 

 where outcurved beyond cell, vertical from vein 3 to inner 

 margin, and followed at vein 8 by a small cluster of reddish- 

 brown scales ; terminal space dull greyish brown faintly tinged 

 with lilacine, the subterminal line slightly paler, irregular, 

 and preceded by a broad fuscous-brown shade ; large ter- 

 minal fuscous spots between veins. Hind wings fuscous 

 brown; a fine black streak on discocellular; terminal 

 lunate black spots; a geminate black line at anal angle, 

 separated by a whitish line. Wings below brownish grey; 

 fore wings with faint traces of lines and small discal spot ; 

 hind wings with medial, postmedial, and subterminal darker 

 shfides. 



Expanse 21 mm. 



Hah. Esperanza. 



Homopyralis croceipalpis, sp. n. 



(J. Palpi yellow ; second joint streaked with fuscous in 

 front and tipped with fuscous ; third joint with a fuscous 



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