﻿Heterocera 
  from 
  Costa 
  Rica. 
  59 
  

  

  the 
  postmedial 
  straight 
  to 
  below 
  vein 
  3, 
  incurved 
  to 
  vein 
  2, 
  

   then 
  close 
  and 
  parallel 
  to 
  medial, 
  and 
  outwardly 
  edged 
  by 
  a 
  

   white 
  line; 
  reniform 
  long, 
  narrow, 
  paler, 
  edged 
  by 
  a 
  dark 
  

   line 
  ; 
  subterminal 
  slightly 
  darker 
  than 
  ground-colour, 
  out- 
  

   wardly 
  shaded 
  with 
  light 
  brown, 
  twice 
  angled 
  outwardly 
  ; 
  a 
  

   terminal 
  dark 
  line 
  edged 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  by 
  lighter 
  brown 
  ; 
  

   the 
  fringe 
  fuscous 
  grey 
  tipped 
  with 
  whitish. 
  Hind 
  wings 
  : 
  

   a 
  dark 
  antemedial 
  line 
  straight 
  from 
  costa 
  towards 
  anal 
  

   angle 
  ; 
  a 
  more 
  distinct 
  straight 
  postmedial 
  line 
  with 
  a 
  curved 
  

   angle 
  near 
  outer 
  margin, 
  outwardly 
  shaded 
  with 
  ochreous, 
  

   and 
  followed 
  at 
  angle 
  by 
  a 
  silvery 
  patch 
  crossed 
  by 
  dark 
  

   lines, 
  and 
  two 
  submarginal 
  black 
  spots 
  separated 
  by 
  an 
  

   ochreous 
  shade, 
  which 
  intercepts 
  a 
  submarginal 
  pale 
  line. 
  

   Fore 
  wings 
  below 
  with 
  an 
  oblique 
  medial 
  dark 
  shade 
  and 
  

   an 
  outcurved 
  postmedial 
  line; 
  on 
  hind 
  wings 
  the 
  medial 
  is 
  

   faintly 
  curved, 
  the 
  postmedial 
  more 
  heavily 
  marked, 
  finely 
  

   lunular. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  37 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Juan 
  Vinas. 
  

  

  Allied 
  to 
  P. 
  egista, 
  Bar., 
  but 
  larger, 
  and 
  differing 
  in 
  several 
  

   respects. 
  

  

  Palindia 
  delecta, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Head 
  and 
  collar 
  light 
  brown, 
  the 
  latter 
  tipped 
  with 
  whitish 
  

   buff, 
  and 
  some 
  similar 
  mottling 
  on 
  frons. 
  Thorax 
  whitish 
  

   buff 
  irrorated 
  with 
  light 
  brown. 
  Abdomen 
  above 
  grey 
  ; 
  

   transverse 
  white 
  lines 
  posteriorly 
  on 
  segments; 
  a 
  dark 
  brown 
  

   dorsal 
  spot 
  at 
  base. 
  Fore 
  wings 
  : 
  the 
  base 
  grey 
  ; 
  a 
  broad 
  

   subbasal 
  oblique 
  white 
  band 
  obsolescent 
  between 
  submedian 
  

   fold 
  and 
  vein 
  ; 
  the 
  antemedial 
  slightly 
  oblique, 
  brown, 
  

   inwardly 
  separated 
  from 
  the 
  white 
  by 
  a 
  dark 
  blue 
  metallic 
  

   line, 
  and 
  outwardly 
  broadly 
  edged 
  with 
  black; 
  the 
  medial 
  

   space 
  to 
  medial 
  line 
  narrow 
  on 
  costa, 
  wider 
  on 
  inner 
  margin, 
  

   lilacine 
  grey 
  heavily 
  irrorated 
  with 
  blackish 
  scales 
  in 
  and 
  

   below 
  cell 
  ; 
  the 
  medial 
  line 
  broad, 
  brown, 
  edged 
  with 
  black, 
  

   very 
  oblique 
  and 
  abruptly 
  indentate 
  on 
  submedian, 
  followed 
  

   by 
  an 
  opalescent 
  shade 
  ; 
  reniform 
  white, 
  circled 
  with 
  black, 
  

   and 
  surmounted 
  by 
  a 
  large 
  white 
  spot 
  on 
  costa; 
  postmedial 
  

   broad, 
  brown, 
  edged 
  with 
  black, 
  and 
  crossed 
  by 
  a 
  metallic 
  

   purple 
  line 
  ; 
  some 
  black 
  below 
  reniform, 
  and 
  some 
  brown 
  

   below 
  vein 
  2 
  preceding 
  the 
  postmedial 
  ; 
  outer 
  margin 
  with 
  

   broad 
  subterminal 
  black 
  shades 
  at 
  tornus 
  and 
  above 
  vein 
  4, 
  

   limited 
  by 
  a 
  submarginal 
  white 
  line 
  ; 
  blackish 
  interveiial 
  

   shadings, 
  and 
  a 
  terminal 
  dark 
  line. 
  Hind 
  wings 
  fuscous 
  brown: 
  

   a 
  postmedial 
  opalescent 
  spot 
  at 
  vein 
  2, 
  surmounted 
  by 
  some 
  

  

  