lleterocera from Costa Rica, 575 



Nystalea striata, sp. n. 



Palpi buff, streaked with dark reddish brown. Head and 

 thorax reddish brown, shaded with buff anteriorly. Abdomen 

 above dull dark brown ; an ochreous shade subdorsal ly at 

 base and a subdorsal pale line. Fore wings daik violaceous 

 brown, somewhat silky and thinly irrorated with lilacine 

 scales ; the inner margin narrowly light reddish brown ; 

 duller brown streaks between the veins ; darker transverse 

 lines in sets of three, wavy ; the basal lines only on costa, the 

 antemedial on costal margin and between vein 2 and sub- 

 median, the postmedial on costal margin and between vein 3 

 and submedian, though otherwise faintly visible ; a faint 

 irregular brown spot at end of cell; a long spot on costa at 

 apex above vein 7, light brown streaked with reddish, and 

 with buff along 7 ; small, marginal, paired, dark brown spots 

 between veins. Hind wings fuscous, somewhat whitish at 

 base. 



Expanse, $ 58, ? 56 mm. 



Bab. Juan Vinas, Port Limon. 



Nystalea discalis } sp. n. 



S . Head and collar rufous, with paler lines and darker 

 patches on collar. Thorax similar, the patagise grey irrorated 

 with brown. Abdomen dull brown; buff lateral patches at 

 base ; anal segment rufous. Pore wings light grey ; the 

 inner margin shaded with brownish grey ; the veins spotted 

 with black, except on medial space and towards apex ; a 

 faint basal and three fine subbasal lines ; three antemedial 

 lines, most heavily maiked above and below cell, and shaded 

 with rufous brown ; at end of cell an almost triangular black 

 line, with a short black line projecting towards base ; a faint 

 postmedial grey line, followed by three rows of grey trans- 

 verse streaks between the veins, heaviest between veins 2 

 and 4 ; a subterminal rufous-brown shade from vein 7 to 

 inner margin ; marginal black spots preceded by smaller 

 paired spots between the veins ; fringe grey, with brown 

 spots between veins. Hind wings fuscous, the base and 

 discal area somewhat whitish ; the veins dark ; the fringe 

 pale buff. Underneath : the fore wings are brown, shaded 

 with reddish subterminally ; a buff streak below costa; the 

 outer margin greyish, with the veins buff. The hind wings 

 whitish ; the veins and outer margin fuscous ; the costal 

 margin broadly rufous brown j buff terminal shades, espe' 'ally 

 at apex. 



