Tleteroerd from Costa Txica. 345 



Pyrinm vujinarin, Sclis., dosciibed in Ann. & ^Tag. N;it. 

 Hist. 11)12, X. p. 232, is P. fridoUnata, Ohi., the latter name 

 having priority. 



Catackismia, gen. nov. 



il/«^e. — Palpi short, porrect, the third joint downbent. 

 Antennrc simple, minutely serrate on terminal third. Legs 

 sniootliiy scaled. Wings broad. Fore wings : api'x acute, 

 oufor margin produced, rounded, crenulate ; cell half the 

 length of wing ; vein 3 before lower angle ; 4 from lower 

 angle ; 5 from middle of discocellular ; 6 from ujiper angle ; 

 7-10 stalked from just be3'ond middle of cell ; 11 closi; to 

 stalk. Hind wings: outer margin rounded, crenulate ; vein 3 

 before lower angle ; 4 from lower angle ; 6 and 7 diverging 

 before upper angle ; upper side from base to beyond cell, 

 aiul inn -r margin thickly covered with long hairy scales. 



Type of genus, Catacrismia hirsutari'a, Schs, 



Catacrismia hirsutaria, sp. n. 



,$ . Palpi, head, and collar in front reddish brown mottled 

 with creamy buff. Collar behind and thorax grey ; abdomen 

 light reddish brown, shaded with grey terminally ; a dark 

 red transverse line at base. Wings grey, with some tine 

 brownish stride marked with minute black points ; traces of a 

 fine dark terminal line ; cilia roseate brown, with darker 

 shadings. Fore wings : an antemedial brown line outangled 

 in cell ; an outer row of dark points on veins ; extreme costa 

 buff. Hind wings : a broad fuscous line at base, the space 

 beyond to postmedial reddish brown except above vein 7 ; 

 postmedial line thick, wavy, fuscous brown ; anal anole 

 shaded with reddish brown and fuscous grey. Wino-s below 

 grey tinged with roseate and striated with fuscous; black 

 discal points; lines faintly indicated, fine; outer fuscous 

 spots on fore wings from vein 5 to costa. 



? . Darker, tinged with brown. Fore wings as in male. 

 Hind wings uniformly coloured like fore wings ; the post- 

 medial line very fine, indistinct; black discal points. 



Expanse, ^ 25, ? 27 mm. 



Hab. Guapiles, Esperanza. 



Anisoperas murcia, sp. n. 



S . Antennse bipectinate. Head and thorax dark brown. 

 Abdomen greyish brown. Wings brown striated with darker 

 brown ; costa narrowly shaded with dark grey ; a iitw scat- 

 tered whitish scales ; antemedial line dark grey, outwardly 



