Iltterocera from Costa Rica. 5G7 



veins; a dentate, brown marginal sliade. Hind wings light 

 brown, tlie basal halt" oi costa dark brown ; tlie apex and 

 outer margin tinged with gre}'. Underneath light brown ; a 

 dark medial line on costal halt" of iiind wings. 



Expanse 29 mm. 



Jlab. El iSitio, Juan Vina.s. 



Allied to C. albidifascia, Wlk., and C. hirundi, Druce, 

 Avhich is wrongly numbered on the plate in the ' Biologia,' 

 but browner in colour, and devoid of the white mottliiigs 

 underneath. 



Claphe poasia, sp. n. 



S. Head and collar greyish. Thorax mottled grey and 

 dark brown. Abdomen light brown. Fore wings : the base 

 light brown shaded with reddish brown above cell and at 

 base of cell, limited by a slightly curved reddish-brown line, 

 followed by a blackish-brown line ; outer portion of wing 

 grey irrorated with brown ; a fine dark brown postmedial 

 line almost straight, iudentate on veins, followed by a brown 

 shade, angled below costa, closer to it on inner than on costal 

 margin ; a wavy dentate siibterminal dark grey shade. Hind 

 wings light brown ; the basal half of costa darker brown ; 

 the outer half and a part of outer margin whitish irrorated 

 with grey. 



Expanse 44 mm. 



Hub. Volcano Poas, 7000 ft. 



Allied to C. laruiida, Druce, but much larger and quite 

 distinct. 



Claphe egra, sp. n. 



c? . Palpi bufF-brown, dark brown at base. Head and 

 collar dark brownish grey. Thorax buff. Abdomen pale 

 buff-brown, with subdorsal dark brownish-grey tufts on basal 

 segments. Fore wings : the base pale buff with some brown 

 shadings on costa, limited by a curved medial dark brown 

 line, followed by buff and a blackish-brown line; postmedial 

 space dark grey irrorated with white towards costa, containino- 

 a short dark streak on discocellular ; this space outwardly 

 irregular, followed by a dark buff shade divided by a fine 

 brown line; subterminal space dark grey, outwardly edc-ed 

 above vein 2 by a still darker lingular shade; the outer 

 margin brownish; fringe dark giey spotted witii buff. Hind 

 wings bnff-broun ; base of costa dark brown, limited by a 

 daik medial line which crosses the wing ; a subterminal grev 

 shade wide at apex and at vein 3. Underneath brownish 



