﻿Ilcterocera 
  frum 
  Costa 
  Riea. 
  oh 
  

  

  frons 
  pale 
  buff. 
  Abdomen 
  dark 
  fuscous 
  grey, 
  with 
  dark 
  

   brown 
  subdorsal 
  tufts. 
  Fore 
  wings 
  dark 
  brown, 
  the 
  basal 
  

   half 
  almost 
  black, 
  crossed 
  by 
  a 
  darker, 
  velvety, 
  wavy 
  ante- 
  

   medial 
  line 
  and 
  limited 
  by 
  a 
  similar 
  shade; 
  dark 
  steel-grey 
  

   shades 
  at 
  base 
  of 
  inner 
  margin, 
  in 
  cell, 
  and 
  beyond 
  ante- 
  

   medial 
  in 
  and 
  below 
  cell 
  ; 
  black 
  spots 
  on 
  costa 
  divided 
  by 
  

   roseate 
  buff 
  lines, 
  the 
  orbicular 
  small, 
  annular; 
  the 
  reniform 
  

   outlined 
  in 
  white 
  points 
  and 
  streaks 
  ; 
  the 
  postmedial 
  out- 
  

   curved, 
  surmounted 
  by 
  a 
  dark 
  velvety 
  spot 
  on 
  costa, 
  heavily 
  

   marked 
  beyond 
  cell, 
  incurved 
  to 
  below 
  cell 
  well 
  before 
  reni- 
  

   form, 
  and 
  very 
  fine 
  to 
  inner 
  margin 
  * 
  a 
  subterminal 
  velvety 
  

   shade 
  near 
  costa 
  ; 
  the 
  outer 
  margin 
  broadly 
  shaded 
  with 
  dark 
  

   steel-grey, 
  almost 
  black, 
  with 
  a 
  purplish 
  tinge 
  ; 
  submarginal 
  

   dark 
  spots 
  inwardly 
  shaded 
  with 
  light 
  brown 
  ; 
  a 
  terminal 
  

   wavy 
  dark 
  line. 
  Hind 
  wings 
  dark 
  brown, 
  pale 
  at 
  apex 
  ; 
  a 
  

   fine 
  postmedial 
  dentate 
  black 
  line, 
  followed 
  by 
  a 
  broad 
  

   velvety 
  brown-black 
  shade 
  from 
  below 
  vein 
  6 
  to 
  inner 
  margin 
  ; 
  

   a 
  large 
  dark 
  lilacine 
  grey 
  space 
  on 
  outer 
  margin 
  between 
  

   veins 
  2 
  and 
  4, 
  crossed 
  by 
  a 
  pale 
  shade. 
  Fore 
  wings 
  below 
  

   dull 
  brown, 
  irrorated 
  with 
  white; 
  geminate 
  medial 
  spots 
  on 
  

   costa 
  and 
  a 
  single 
  medial 
  line 
  ; 
  the 
  postmedial 
  finely 
  dentate; 
  

   a 
  terminal 
  whitish 
  spot 
  at 
  vein 
  4. 
  Hind 
  wings 
  below 
  dull 
  

   brown, 
  heavily 
  irrorated 
  with 
  white 
  to 
  postmedial 
  ; 
  a 
  gemi- 
  

   nate 
  medial 
  line 
  ; 
  a 
  dark 
  spot 
  on 
  discocellular 
  ; 
  the 
  post- 
  

   medial 
  finely 
  dentate 
  ; 
  some 
  white 
  terminally 
  at 
  veiu 
  5 
  and 
  

   apex. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  36 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Guapiles, 
  Esperanza. 
  

  

  The 
  female 
  has 
  the 
  wings 
  almost 
  entirely 
  suffused 
  with 
  

   blue-black, 
  the 
  dark 
  subterminal 
  shade 
  on 
  hind 
  wings 
  

   narrower. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  40 
  mm. 
  

  

  Sofia 
  per 
  mixta, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Body 
  and 
  wings 
  brownish 
  buff, 
  tinged 
  with 
  roseate 
  and 
  

   irrorated 
  with 
  black 
  and 
  dark 
  brown 
  scales. 
  Head 
  mottled 
  

   with 
  dark 
  brown 
  and 
  white. 
  Collar 
  with 
  a 
  dark 
  transverse 
  

   line 
  and 
  white 
  tips 
  behind. 
  Thorax 
  streaked 
  with 
  dark 
  

   brown. 
  Abdomen 
  with 
  dark 
  subdorsal 
  tufts. 
  Fore 
  wings 
  : 
  

   the 
  base 
  blackish, 
  limited 
  by 
  a 
  velvety 
  antemedial 
  line 
  

   inwardly 
  oblique 
  from 
  costa, 
  crossed 
  by 
  a 
  velvety 
  basal 
  line 
  

   and 
  slightly 
  irrorated 
  with 
  buff 
  ; 
  orbicular 
  small, 
  light 
  

   brown 
  ; 
  two 
  fine 
  wavy 
  medial 
  lines, 
  dark 
  brown, 
  with 
  another 
  

   broken 
  line 
  between 
  them 
  ; 
  reniform 
  large, 
  outwardly 
  in- 
  

   curved, 
  marked 
  by 
  roseate 
  buff 
  streaks, 
  preceded 
  by 
  a 
  dark 
  

  

  