﻿Heterocera 
  from 
  Costa 
  Rica. 
  371 
  

  

  irregular 
  row 
  of 
  subterminal 
  black 
  spots, 
  beyond 
  which 
  the 
  

   outer 
  margin 
  is 
  shaded 
  with 
  drab. 
  Hind 
  wings 
  dark 
  brown 
  ; 
  

   the 
  costal 
  margin 
  similar 
  to 
  postmedial 
  space 
  of 
  fore 
  wings 
  ; 
  

   a 
  medial 
  and 
  a 
  postmedial 
  faint 
  buff 
  shade. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  76 
  mm. 
  

  

  Nab. 
  Tuis, 
  Juan 
  Vinas. 
  

  

  Metanastria 
  vibrans, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Palpi 
  violaceous 
  brown. 
  Head, 
  collar, 
  and 
  thorax 
  brown, 
  

   irroiated 
  with 
  whitish 
  buff. 
  Abdomen 
  above 
  brown. 
  Fore 
  

   wings 
  brown, 
  tinged 
  with 
  violaceous, 
  the 
  medial 
  space 
  

   darkest 
  ; 
  the 
  lines 
  tine, 
  dentate 
  on 
  costal 
  margin, 
  finely 
  wavy 
  

   across 
  wing 
  ; 
  the 
  basal 
  line 
  remote 
  from 
  base, 
  upright 
  ; 
  the 
  

   antemedial 
  slightly 
  oblique, 
  incurved 
  between 
  vein 
  2 
  and 
  

   submedian, 
  closely 
  followed 
  in 
  cell 
  by 
  a 
  white 
  point; 
  the 
  

   medial 
  line 
  slightly 
  oblique, 
  outcurved 
  between 
  2 
  and 
  sub- 
  

   median 
  ; 
  the 
  postmedial 
  curved 
  on 
  costal 
  margin, 
  parallel 
  to 
  

   medial 
  line; 
  an 
  irregular 
  row 
  of 
  subterminal 
  buff 
  spots, 
  each 
  

   containing 
  a 
  cluster 
  of 
  black 
  scales. 
  Hind 
  wings 
  rich 
  brown. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  70 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hob. 
  El 
  Sitio, 
  Cariblanco. 
  

  

  Claplie 
  inflata, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  c? 
  . 
  Body 
  and 
  wings 
  buff-brown. 
  Abdomen 
  with 
  violaceous- 
  

   brown 
  tufts 
  doisally, 
  except 
  on 
  first 
  segment; 
  anal 
  hairs 
  

   very 
  long, 
  tipped 
  with 
  reddish 
  brown. 
  Fore 
  wings 
  : 
  an 
  

   antemedial 
  fuscous 
  shade 
  on 
  costa, 
  crossed 
  by 
  an 
  oblique 
  pale 
  

   huffish 
  line 
  to 
  inner 
  margin, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  outcurved 
  and 
  upbent 
  

   to 
  vein 
  3, 
  then 
  fainter 
  and 
  lunular 
  to 
  vein 
  6, 
  enclosing 
  be- 
  

   tween 
  vein 
  3 
  and 
  inner 
  margin 
  a 
  dark 
  reddish-brown 
  space, 
  

   crossed 
  by 
  vein 
  2 
  and 
  submedian, 
  which 
  are 
  buff; 
  medial 
  

   space 
  between 
  the 
  lines 
  from 
  vein 
  3 
  to 
  6 
  and 
  subcostal 
  shaded 
  

   with 
  grey 
  and 
  crossed 
  on 
  discocellular 
  by 
  a 
  rather 
  heavy 
  

   dark 
  reddish-brown 
  streak; 
  a 
  subterminal 
  series 
  of 
  spots, 
  

   almost 
  coalescent, 
  and 
  indicated 
  by 
  their 
  slightly 
  paler 
  edging, 
  

   ending 
  above 
  vein 
  8 
  in 
  dark 
  reddish-brown 
  spots 
  ; 
  terminal 
  

   lunular 
  whitish 
  streaks 
  between 
  the 
  veins, 
  outwardly 
  finely 
  

   edged 
  with 
  darker 
  brown. 
  Hind 
  wings 
  rather 
  darker, 
  except 
  

   on 
  outer 
  margin 
  ; 
  a 
  terminal 
  brown 
  line, 
  inwardly 
  edged 
  with 
  

   buff. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  35 
  mm. 
  

  

  Bab. 
  Sixola. 
  

  

  