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XLIV. — JS^ew Species of Hetcrocera from Costa Rica. — II. 

 By W. SCHAUS, FiZ.S. 



Arctiadae. 

 Aphyle intorta, sp. n. 



?. Palpi red. Head and thorax brownish red. Abdomen 

 crimson above, buff underneath. Legs roseate and buff; 

 tarsi buff. Primaries lilacine red ; a faint antemedial and 

 postmedial dark line from below cell to inner margin; the 

 outer margin pale yellow, incurved from apex to just below 

 vein 6, then inwardly straiglit and perpendicular to tornus, 

 separated from the dark portion of the wing below vein 6 by 

 a purplish line outwardly edged with roseate ; subterminal 

 red points on veins 3, 4, and 5. Secondaries crimson. 

 Underneath roseate, without the dark line separating the two 

 colours on primaries. 



Expanse 39 mm. 



Hab. Sixola River ; Sept. 



Closely allied to A. incamata, Wlk. 



AutomoUs vampa, sp. n. 



Body ochreous ; two black points posteriorly on thorax. 

 Legs streaked liglit and dark grey. Wings ochreous. Pri- 

 maries : a subbasal dark point below cell; inner margin 

 medially lilacine, with a black streak ; basal half of costal 

 margin and end of cell lilacine, streaked with black ; black 

 streaks from cell reaching outer margin between veins 2 and 

 3, 4 and 5, and 5 and 6 ; shorter streaks above veins 3, 6, 

 and 7, these streaks more or less edged with lilacine. Under- 

 neath : primaries with a dark space at end of cell and streaks 

 above veins 2-4 ; the costa lilacine. 



Expanse 35 mm. 



Bab. Sixola River ; Sept. 



Very closely allied to A. polystria, Schs. 



Melese sixola^ sp. n. 



Antennse long, pectinated. Palpi roseate, salmon-colour in 

 front. Head salmon-colour ; a grey spot on frons. Tegula 

 and patagia grey, edged with roseate. Abdomen roseate 

 above, buff underneath. Xiegs roseate and grey; tarsi 

 whitish. Primaries grey, thinly irrorated with darker scales ; 

 a crimson streak on subcostal vein ; a subbasal greyish streak 



