On Ileterocera from Costa Rica. 289 



Tlie 3 species described by Dr. Biaiicr (' Valdivia ' Ticf- 

 seelisclie, p. '^2'^, 1906) n)ay be referred to 2 genera: 

 Acerafias {macror/t'iuvs, indicus), with fixed teeth and with a 

 large Jiasal papilla beavino^ a small anterior and lav^e 

 posterior nostril ; and Ilaplophn/ne, gen, nov. {mollis), with 

 •depressible teeth and without nasal papilla. 



XXIX. — Xeio Species of Ileterocera from Costa Rica. — XIV. 

 By W. ScHAUS, F.Z.S. 



Pyralidae. 



S u b f a m i 1 y P tea ustin^. 



Neiirophyseta turrialhalis, sp. n. 



? . Palpi and head white. Collar and thorax white, 

 shaded with dark yellow. Abdomen : basal segment 

 whitish, with round, subdorsal, fuscous-brown spots ; other 

 segments orange, with paler transverse shades and a dark 

 segmental line on third segment. Fore wings deep orange ; 

 a basal spot and origin of lines on costa fuscous j a darker 

 subbasal shade, marked by fuscous-brown spots in cell and 

 below cell, and fdllowed by a yellowish-white shade; ante- 

 medial and medial orange-brown lines, oblique on costa, 

 angled on subcostal, the former straight, the latter inbent 

 below vein 2, straight below submedian, the space between 

 the lines whitish above and below submedian ; an inbent 

 crescent on discocellular, whitish, faintly edged with dark 

 irrorations; postmedial remote, fine, dark, geminate, di- 

 vided by a whitish line, outcurved from costa, obsolescent 

 below 4, and preceded by a small whitish shade between 5 

 and 7 ; a marginal black streak from ai)ex to vein 3. Hind 

 wings white ; an antemedial and a postmedial orange line; 

 the termen shaded with orange, suffusing with an indistinct 

 subterminal orange line. 



Expanse 17 mm. 



Hah. Turrialba, 5000 feet. 



Scyhalista sanctalis, sp. u. 



? . Palpi white, laterally shaded with grey. Body above 

 dark grey ; white segmental lines on abdomen ; underneath 

 whitish. Fore wings brownish grey ; base slightly darker, 



