﻿Heterocera 
  from 
  Costa 
  Bica. 
  47 
  

  

  dark 
  spot 
  on 
  costa 
  and 
  a 
  faint 
  postmedial 
  and 
  subterminal 
  

   line 
  ; 
  hind 
  wings 
  with 
  the 
  postmedial 
  heavily 
  marked, 
  

   lunular, 
  and 
  interrupted 
  by 
  the 
  veins, 
  also 
  a 
  large 
  dark 
  spot 
  

   on 
  discocellular 
  ; 
  the 
  outer 
  margin 
  shaded 
  with 
  fuscous, 
  on 
  

   which 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  straight 
  subterminal 
  line. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  31 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Juan 
  Vinas, 
  Carillo. 
  

  

  Basilodes 
  aurata, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  $ 
  . 
  Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  light 
  brown 
  ; 
  the 
  basal 
  joint 
  of 
  

   antennae 
  white. 
  Abdomen 
  light 
  silky 
  brown; 
  some 
  whitish 
  

   hairs 
  on 
  basal 
  segment. 
  Fore 
  wings 
  golden, 
  thickly 
  irrorated 
  

   with 
  brown, 
  the 
  two 
  lines 
  very 
  tine, 
  darker 
  brown 
  ; 
  the 
  ante- 
  

   medial 
  oblique 
  from 
  costa 
  to 
  below 
  orbicular, 
  angled 
  and 
  

   inwardly 
  oblique 
  to 
  submedian, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  faintly 
  angled 
  

   again; 
  the 
  spots 
  somewhat 
  greyish, 
  finely 
  circled 
  with 
  

   brown, 
  the 
  orbicular 
  and 
  reniform 
  the 
  same 
  size, 
  but 
  the 
  

   latter 
  surmounted 
  by 
  another 
  slightly 
  smaller 
  spot 
  ; 
  the 
  post- 
  

   medial 
  oblique 
  from 
  costa, 
  angled 
  between 
  7 
  and 
  6, 
  inwardly 
  

   oblique 
  and 
  slightly 
  sinuous 
  ; 
  the 
  veins 
  finely 
  streaked 
  with 
  

   brown. 
  Hind 
  wings 
  golden 
  fuscous; 
  the 
  cilia 
  tipped 
  with 
  

   white. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  35 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  San 
  Jose. 
  

  

  Chalcoesia 
  gloria, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  $ 
  . 
  Head, 
  collar, 
  and 
  thorax 
  light 
  brown, 
  faintly 
  suffused 
  

   with 
  purplish 
  ; 
  metathoracic 
  tuft 
  reddish 
  brown. 
  Abdomen 
  

   light 
  brown. 
  Fore 
  wings: 
  the 
  basal 
  third 
  purple-grey, 
  

   overlaid 
  basally 
  on 
  costa, 
  in 
  and 
  below 
  cell 
  with 
  buff 
  scales 
  

   streaked 
  with 
  brown, 
  and 
  limited 
  by 
  a 
  dark 
  brown 
  line, 
  

   inwardly 
  shaded 
  with 
  reddish 
  brown, 
  very 
  slightly 
  curved 
  

   from 
  costa 
  to 
  inner 
  margin 
  ; 
  the 
  dark 
  outer 
  line 
  inwardly 
  

   oblique 
  from 
  costa 
  to 
  near 
  vein 
  5, 
  then 
  outwardly 
  oblique 
  and 
  

   curved 
  between 
  vein 
  3 
  and 
  fold 
  ; 
  the 
  medial 
  space 
  dark 
  

   greyish 
  near 
  antemedial 
  line, 
  tinged 
  with 
  olive-green 
  on 
  

   costa, 
  fading 
  to 
  whitish 
  before 
  postmedial, 
  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  

   lighter 
  grey, 
  and 
  a 
  large 
  bright 
  roseate 
  patch 
  in 
  curve 
  of 
  

   postmedial 
  ; 
  the 
  outer 
  margin 
  olive-green, 
  becoming 
  paler 
  

   terminally. 
  Hind 
  wings 
  fuscous 
  brown; 
  the 
  fringe 
  luteous. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  33 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Sixola. 
  

  

  Chalcoesia 
  patricia, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

   <$ 
  . 
  Head, 
  collar, 
  and 
  thorax 
  brown; 
  the 
  metathoracic 
  tuft 
  

  

  