﻿Heterocera 
  from 
  Costa 
  Rica. 
  189 
  

  

  outwardly 
  shaded 
  with 
  white 
  from 
  inner 
  margin 
  to 
  vein 
  3, 
  

   and 
  from 
  vein 
  6 
  to 
  apex. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  80 
  mm. 
  

  

  The 
  female 
  has 
  the 
  lines 
  shaded 
  with 
  lilacine, 
  the 
  spots 
  

   outwardly 
  edged 
  with 
  white; 
  the 
  postmedial 
  broadly 
  white, 
  

   lunular 
  dentate, 
  crossed 
  by 
  a 
  heavy 
  fuscous-brown 
  line 
  ; 
  the 
  

   subterminal 
  shade 
  spotted, 
  white, 
  the 
  spot 
  below 
  costa 
  

   largest. 
  Underneath 
  the 
  postmedial 
  line 
  is 
  outwardly 
  shaded 
  

   with 
  white. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  87 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Tuis. 
  

  

  Trissophaes 
  colubra, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  $ 
  . 
  Head, 
  collar, 
  and 
  thorax 
  dark 
  violaceous 
  brown 
  ; 
  

   golden-brown 
  patches 
  on 
  metathorax 
  ; 
  a 
  few 
  lilacine 
  scales 
  

   on 
  patagia. 
  Abdomen 
  orange 
  ; 
  fuscous-brown 
  dorsal 
  tufts 
  

   at 
  base. 
  Fore 
  wings 
  : 
  the 
  base 
  to 
  antemedial 
  golden 
  brown, 
  

   crossed 
  by 
  a 
  dark 
  basal 
  line 
  ; 
  the 
  antemedial 
  inwardly 
  oblique 
  

   from 
  costa 
  to 
  submedian 
  near 
  base, 
  fine, 
  blackish 
  ; 
  the 
  space 
  

   beyond 
  to 
  outer 
  line 
  shaded 
  with 
  silky 
  lilacine, 
  and 
  crossed 
  

   by 
  some 
  fine 
  brown 
  lines 
  ; 
  the 
  orbicular 
  a 
  black 
  point 
  ; 
  the 
  

   reniform 
  consisting 
  of 
  two 
  brownish 
  lines 
  and 
  followed 
  by 
  a 
  

   postmedial 
  brown 
  line 
  from 
  costa 
  to 
  vein 
  5 
  ; 
  the 
  outer 
  

   line 
  blackish 
  from 
  apex 
  to 
  inner 
  margin 
  before 
  middle, 
  and 
  

   followed 
  by 
  a 
  broad 
  golden-brown 
  shade, 
  changing 
  to 
  lilacine 
  

   brown 
  on 
  outer 
  margin 
  and 
  towards 
  apex 
  ; 
  a 
  submarginal 
  

   dark 
  streak 
  between 
  veins 
  3 
  and 
  7. 
  Hind 
  wings 
  oranoe; 
  

   the 
  outer 
  margin 
  above 
  vein 
  2 
  broadly 
  black, 
  its 
  inner 
  edge 
  

   somewhat 
  dentate 
  ; 
  an 
  irregular 
  postmedial 
  black 
  fascia 
  

   from 
  vein 
  5 
  to 
  inner 
  margin 
  above 
  angle. 
  Underneath 
  the 
  

   outer 
  margin 
  of 
  hind 
  wings 
  is 
  broadly 
  black 
  from 
  veins 
  2-7, 
  

   the 
  apex 
  irrorated 
  with 
  black. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  74 
  mm. 
  

  

  The 
  female 
  similar, 
  except 
  the 
  fore 
  wings 
  which 
  are 
  dark 
  

   silky 
  brown, 
  strongly 
  tinged 
  with 
  purplish 
  and 
  with 
  dull 
  

   lilacine 
  on 
  outer 
  margin 
  ; 
  the 
  basal 
  and 
  antemedial 
  lines 
  and 
  

   medial 
  shade 
  inwardly 
  oblique 
  from 
  costa, 
  dark 
  reddish 
  

   brown, 
  most 
  noticeable 
  on 
  lobe 
  of 
  inner 
  margin 
  ; 
  the 
  reni- 
  

   form 
  projecting 
  inwardly 
  and 
  outwardly 
  along 
  median 
  vein, 
  

   dark 
  reddish 
  brown 
  ; 
  the 
  postmedial 
  irregular 
  wavy, 
  very 
  

   oblique 
  inwardly 
  from 
  vein 
  4 
  to 
  inner 
  margin 
  ; 
  the 
  outer 
  

   line 
  oblique 
  from 
  apex 
  to 
  between 
  5 
  and 
  6, 
  straight 
  to 
  

   between 
  3 
  and 
  4 
  and 
  outwardly 
  shaded 
  with 
  very 
  dark 
  

   brown, 
  then 
  very 
  oblique 
  to 
  middle 
  of 
  inner 
  margin, 
  where 
  

   it 
  is 
  followed 
  by 
  a 
  large 
  reddish-brown 
  space 
  to 
  near 
  tornus, 
  

   and 
  has 
  a 
  whitish 
  point 
  on 
  it 
  between 
  veins 
  2 
  and 
  3; 
  sub- 
  

  

  