Heterocera from Costa Rica. 3 



discocellular ; postmedial fine, dark, irrepjular, deeply iubenfc 

 below vein 2. Wings below pale, thickly irror;itod witli 

 light brown ; dark discocellular lines and outcurved post- 

 medial line. 



Expanse 18 mm. 



Hab. Juan Vinas. 



Ostha liypsea^ sp. n. 



S . Palpi, bead, and collar fuscous brown. Thorax and 

 abdomen buff. Fore wings: base and costal margin buff; 

 brown irrorations medially, increasing and forming a darker 

 shade to postmedial, except on costa ; postmedial outcurved 

 beyond cell, defined by a buff shade following it ; a black 

 point in cell; a fuscous shade as reniform containing some 

 white scales ; terminal space broadly daik brown, with an 

 indistinct sfill darker subterminal shade, only distinct on 

 pale costa ; terminal pale points, interrupting a fuscous line. 

 Hind wino-s light brown irrorated with dark brown, and 

 vshaded with fuscous brown, medially, and on costal half to 

 termen ; a white streak on discocellular darkly edged; a 

 dark postmedial line, inbent below vein 2, outwardly shaded 

 with light brown. Fore wings below fuscous brown ; a 

 postmedial buff line and spot at apex. Hind wings below 

 buff, thickly irrorated with brown except on outer side of 

 dark postmedial line ; a dark discal spot. 



Expanse 18 mm. 



Hah. Sixola. 



Ampelasia, gen. nov. 



Female. — Palpi upturned, very long ; second joint densely 

 scaled, reaching well above head ; third joivit smooth, almost 

 as long as second. Antennae with short bristles. Legs 

 smooth, spurs on hind tibia long. Abdomen with short 

 dorsal tuft at base. Fore wings : apex acute, outer margin 

 obliquely rounded; vein 2 from near middle of cell; 3 close 

 to lower angle ; 4 from lower angle; 5 slightly above lower 

 angle ; 6 from below upper angle ; 7-10 stalked from upper 

 angle, 7 from before 10; 11 free. Hind wijigs : apex and 

 anal angle rounded, outer margin almost straight; cell very 

 short ; vein 2 from close to lower angle ; 3 and 4 stalked ; 

 5 well above angle ; 6 and 7 stalked. 



Type of genus, Ampelasia azelinoides, Schs. 



Ampelasia azeJinoides, sp. n. 



? . Body dark grey-brown. Fore wings dark grey-brown, 



1* 



