3G j\Ii". W. Scliaus on 



base black ; tlio apex and termeu along vein 2 more broadly 

 black. 



Expanse 29 mm. 



J/ab. Juan Vinas, Guapiles, Tuis. 



Belonojs near zurchri, Dr., havinj^ tlie ventral valve and 

 black thorax, but otherwise very different. 



Saurita improvisa, sp. n. 



$ . Head black, the frons irrorated witli \v]iiti.«h-grey 

 liairs, and an angled line of similar hairs on vertex. Tegulre 

 black, edged witli whitisli grey. Thorax orange, some black, 

 with a white spot anteriorly ; patagia black. Abdomen 

 orange ; a black band at base, interrupted dorsally. Legs 

 fuscous brown, faintly streaked with white. Wings brownish 

 liyaline, thinly scaled on outer third ; veins and cilia fuscous 

 brown. 



Expanse 24 mm. 



Ilab. Juan Vinas. 



Allied to Saurita ochracea, Fcld. 



Arctiadae. 



Subfamily Nolinm. 

 Nola maia, sp. n. 



Head, collar, and thorax dark brown. Abdomen greyish 

 brown. Fore wings : basal half brown ; cell-tufts violaceous 

 black ; a faint whitish, antemedial, perpendicular line from 

 within cell ; outer half lighter brown, especially before post- 

 medial, which is fine, white, edged with dark brown, out- 

 curved beyond cell and again on submedian ; a dee))ly wavy 

 subterminal dark brown shade outwardly edged with white 

 scales. Cilia brownish, with dark irrorations and some 

 whitish scales at base. Hind wings whitish, shaded with 

 grey terminally. Hind wings below whitish, irrorated with 

 olive-brown; a black discal spot; a broad postmcdial dark 

 line; a fine terminal line. 



Expanse 23. mm. 



Ilab. Poas. 



JSola sjierala, sp. n. 



$ . Palpi brown, broadly tipped w ith white. Head, 

 collar, and thorax white, irrorated with black. Abdomen 

 fuscous grey, with white segmental lines. Fore wings 

 white, with a few fuscous-brown irrorations ; cell-tufts 



