Heterocera from Costa Rica. 403 



below cell, followed by a small red and black spot; a small 

 red spot in cell, partly edged with black scales ; base of inner 

 margin roseate, followed by an antemedial large yellow-white 

 spot, edged with red and divided by a red streak on sub- 

 median ; two small similar spots medially above and below 

 the submedian ; a small red spot between veins 2 and 3 ; a 

 postmedial whitish streak from vein 5 to costa, edged with 

 red. Secondaries roseate. 



Expanse 25 mm. 



Hah. Sixola River ; Sept. 



Melese sixola f rater , subsp. n. 



Like Melese sixola, but with only a small crimson post- 

 medial spot between veins 5 and 6, and no spot between 

 veins 2 and 3. 



Expanse 23 mm. 



Hub. Sixola River ; Sept. 



Melese quadrina, sp. n. 



Antennse fasciculate. Palpi roseate, the second and third 

 joints grey in front. Head, collar, and thorax greyish brown, 

 the collar with a few red hairs posteriorly. Abdomen roseate 

 above, buff underneath. Legs: tarsi whitish ; tibiae roseate, 

 streaked with grey. Primaries light brown ; a small sub- 

 basal black spot below cell; a black quadrate spot in middle 

 of cell ; a small antemedial white spot edged with black 

 resting on submedian vein ; a postmedial white spot on costa, 

 and below it between veins 5 and 7 two white points edged 

 with black ; from end of cell to middle of inner margin four 

 indistinct dark brown spots. Secondaries roseate, below and 

 beyond cell slightly hyaline whitish. 



Expanse 31 mm. 



Bab. Juan Vinas ; Jan., Nov. 



Ochrodota marina, sp. n. 



$. Palpi brown, tipped with ochreous. Frons light 

 brown, vertex whitish. Tegula and patagia white, edged 

 with brown. Thorax posteriorly dark brown. Abdomen 

 yellow ; a lateral row of black spots and a subdorsal black 

 spot on last segment. Primaries dark brown, darkest along 

 inner margin, medially below vein 2, and beyond cell; base, 

 antemedial space above submedian, cell to near end, and 

 costal margin to end of cell whitish, with reddish-brown 

 annular and irregular lines ; apical portion above vein 6 also 



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