Ileterocera from Costa Rica, 545 



lines and tloij^al inorations. Collar and thorax pale green. 

 Fore wings pale green ; spots and markings black edged 

 with white ; a basal spot extending as a thick line to sub- 

 median ; some anteniedial black scales on median, a spot on 

 costa, and a small spot on inner margin ; third costal spot, 

 not qnite mcdi:il, tornung part ot" an irregular slate-grey 

 band, interrnj)ted in cell, tho lower portion sunounded by 

 jtale reddish scales, except on inner margin, these scales 

 outwardly edged by a very fine broken black line ; a line 

 black streak on discocellular and a S{)ot above it on costa; 

 a fit'ih costal spot postmedially ; a small spot from veins 5— i, 

 and black points on other veins ; subterniinally a costal spot 

 to vein 7, an irregidar spot from 6 to below 5, preceded and 

 followed by reddisii scales, and an irregular band from 

 vein 15 to inner margin preceded by reddish scaling ; some 

 terminal black spots, partly crossed or connected by an 

 interrupted black line, these spots extending on wdiite cilia. 

 Hind wings white, showing the fine postmedial and broad 

 sul)terminal fuscous shade of underside. Fore wings below 

 white, the spots as above black, but duller. 



Expanse 31 mn). 



hub. Turrialba. 



Allied to R. po)7iponia, Dr. 



Rhodomena excelsa, sp. n. 

 ? . Palpi black, shaded with white at base. Frons white. 

 Vertex, collar, and thorax green. Abdomen white. Fore 

 wings dark green ; a basal roseate fascia, bordered on either 

 side with black ; an antemedial white fascia partly shaded 

 with roseate, outangled in cell, expanding towards base below 

 cell, followed by a black spot on costa, a small spot in cell 

 anteriorly, and an incurved broad black line from cell 

 posteriorly to inner margin ; a postmedial black line, oblique 

 from costa to below vein 5, straight to vein 2, and then in- 

 bent to inner margin, followed by a triangular roseate space 

 from costa to below vein 5, a smaller triangular space from 

 inner margin to vein 2, each containing a green spot on 

 margin, and an intermediate irregular roseate space, emitting 

 a similar broad streak between veins 3 and 4 to termen ; a 

 subterminal roseate spot from costa to vein 6 containing a 

 small black spot on costa ; a subterminal dark brown line 

 edged with black from veins 6-4, and a similar fine wavy 

 line from vein 3 to inner margin, where it is outwardly 

 shaded with roseate ; cilia green shaded with black at veins. 

 Hind wings whitish grey. Fore wn'ngs below w-hite ; ante- 

 medial and medial fuscous spaces not reaching costa; a large 



