﻿Heterocera 
  from 
  Costa 
  Rica. 
  63 
  

  

  lilacine 
  line; 
  a 
  faint 
  pale 
  antemedial 
  streak 
  on 
  costa 
  ; 
  the 
  

   outer 
  portion 
  of 
  wing 
  light 
  brown 
  strongly 
  tinged 
  with 
  

   lilacine, 
  and 
  thinly 
  irrorated 
  with 
  dark 
  scales 
  ; 
  reniform 
  in- 
  

   distinct, 
  still 
  lighter 
  brown 
  with 
  a 
  dark 
  point 
  anteriorly 
  and 
  

   posteriorly 
  ; 
  a 
  dark 
  fine 
  dentate 
  shade 
  from 
  reniform 
  to 
  inner 
  

   margin, 
  and 
  a 
  more 
  clearly 
  marked 
  similar 
  postmedial 
  line 
  

   from 
  vein 
  6 
  ; 
  a 
  large 
  dark 
  reddish-brown 
  space 
  at 
  apex, 
  with 
  

   pale 
  costal 
  points 
  and 
  inwardly 
  edged 
  by 
  a 
  wavy 
  curved 
  

   white 
  line 
  ; 
  terminal 
  lilacine 
  shadings, 
  with 
  small 
  dark 
  

   marginal 
  spots 
  and 
  a 
  fine 
  dark 
  line 
  beyond 
  them 
  ; 
  fringe 
  

   grey 
  with 
  a 
  darker 
  grey 
  line. 
  Hind 
  wings 
  dark 
  brown 
  ; 
  a 
  

   small 
  pale 
  spot 
  above 
  anal 
  angle 
  ; 
  a 
  little 
  lilacine 
  shading 
  

   terminally 
  from 
  veins 
  2—4. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  50 
  mm. 
  

  

  Nab. 
  Juan 
  Vinas. 
  

  

  Ophisma 
  fulvipuncta, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  cJ 
  . 
  Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  violaceous 
  brown. 
  Collar 
  reddish 
  

   brown. 
  Fore 
  wings 
  brown 
  strongly 
  tinged 
  with 
  purple, 
  the 
  

   veins 
  purplish 
  grey; 
  basal 
  and 
  antemedial 
  lines, 
  indistinct, 
  

   formed 
  by 
  clusters 
  of 
  greenish-grey 
  scales, 
  obsolescent 
  below 
  

   submedial 
  fold 
  ; 
  some 
  medial 
  irrorations 
  on 
  costa 
  ; 
  postmedial 
  

   clusters 
  of 
  scales 
  from 
  costa 
  to 
  vein 
  3, 
  divided 
  by 
  an 
  inter- 
  

   rupted 
  dark 
  line; 
  subterminal 
  clusters 
  of 
  scales 
  above 
  vein 
  4, 
  

   chiefly 
  on 
  costa; 
  orbicular 
  oval, 
  darker 
  greenish 
  grey 
  con- 
  

   taining 
  a 
  brown 
  streak; 
  a 
  bright 
  small 
  fulvous 
  spot 
  above 
  

   submedian 
  postmedially 
  ; 
  fringe 
  olive 
  and 
  ochreous 
  brown 
  

   tipped 
  with 
  white. 
  Hind 
  wings 
  dark 
  brown; 
  faint 
  traces 
  of 
  

   a 
  postmedial 
  pale 
  line, 
  terminating 
  in 
  lilacine 
  scales 
  and 
  some 
  

   darker 
  brown 
  above 
  anal 
  angle 
  ; 
  fringe 
  whitish, 
  becoming 
  

   ochreous 
  and 
  then 
  brown 
  at 
  anal 
  angle. 
  Underneath 
  brown, 
  

   heavily 
  irrorated 
  on 
  hind 
  wings 
  and 
  costal 
  margin 
  of 
  fore 
  

   wings 
  to 
  postmedial 
  with 
  lilacine; 
  the 
  postmedial 
  brown, 
  

   finely 
  crenulate 
  on 
  hind 
  wings 
  ; 
  terminal 
  white 
  points. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  51 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hob. 
  Tuis. 
  

  

  Ophisma 
  ? 
  esperanza, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  olive 
  -brown 
  tinged 
  with 
  lilacine. 
  

   Abdomen 
  fuscous, 
  with 
  transverse 
  bands 
  of 
  olive-brown 
  

   hairs. 
  Fore 
  wings 
  : 
  the 
  basal 
  portion 
  olive-brown 
  limited 
  

   by 
  a 
  fine 
  darker 
  brown 
  line 
  from 
  costa 
  at 
  a 
  third 
  from 
  base 
  to 
  

   middle 
  of 
  inner 
  margin; 
  the 
  space 
  to 
  outer 
  line 
  brown 
  

   tinged 
  with 
  lilacine; 
  orbicular 
  as 
  a 
  brown 
  point 
  ; 
  reniform 
  

   consisting 
  of 
  a 
  short 
  dark 
  streak 
  on 
  discocellular 
  ; 
  a 
  wavy 
  

  

  