Heterocera from Costa Rica. 33 



apical white shade. Hind winfi;.? : a dark discal point ; a 

 whitish subtermii)al line and similar shade at anal angle. 



Expanse 19 mm. 



I Jab. La Uruca. 



I am indebted to Mr. Dognin for a specimen of this species. 



Rhcesena darconis, sp. n, 



? . Palpi, head, and collar yellowish buff irrorated with 

 ochreous, sometimes browner. Thorax lilacine brown. 

 Abdomen greyish brown irrorated with purple-red. Fore 

 wings brown tinged with lilacine ; base slightly darker ; 

 antemedial line outcurved, vaguely indicated by pale scales 

 preceded by a rust-brown shade ; orbicular annular, faintly 

 marked; a fine, straight^ lilacine medial line, outbent from 

 costa to inner margin, broadly shaded inwardly with rust- 

 brown ; reniform faintly indicated by some dark points; a 

 curved brown postmedial line from subcostal to vein 4, 

 followed by some rust-brown shading ; a fuscous subterminal 

 line, inangled on vein 5 ; terraen shaded with rust-brown. 

 Hind wings fuscous brown. Fore wings below fuscous, the 

 apex tinged with yellowish buff. Hind wings below partly 

 shaded with yellow-buff and irrorated with dark brown ; a 

 small dark discal spot, postmedial line, and subterminal shade. 



Expanse 22 mm. 



Hub. Sixola, Banana River. 



Near C. lea, Druce. 



Rhcesena melicerta, sp. n. 



$ . Palpi dark brown, points tipped with buff. Head, 

 collar, and thorax dark brown ; some light reddish-brown 

 scales on vertex ; some lilacine irrorations on collar and 

 thorax. Abdomen above fuscous brown ; some grey scaling 

 terminally. Fore wings brown, darkest at base, medially 

 and subterminally ; lilacine blue irrorations at base, outwardly 

 on lines, in cell medially, and on termen from vein 4 to 

 tornus, also before postmedial on costa, beyond cell, and on 

 inner margin ; lines black, antemedial outbent, incurved 

 between veins ; postmedial lunular, twice outcurved, inangled 

 on vein 2 ; orbicular and reniform indistinct, small, linear ; 

 subterminal shade expanding between veins 4 and 6, cut by 

 a -whitish streak at vein 6. Hind wings fuscous brown. 

 Fore wings below fuscous, the costa tinged with lilacine 

 brown; a black postmedial line. Hind wings below tinged 



Ann. dc Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 8. Vol. xi. ' 3 



