Ilelerocera from Costa Rica. Q)(j') 



below it across vein 2 ; an oblique line of similar raised 

 scales beyond ctdl ; outer line butf, slii^htly oblique on costa, 

 preceded and followeil by darker shading, then faintly out- 

 curved from vein G, below vein 5 preceded by a fine, deeply 

 lunular, dentate, black line, and followed by black-angled 

 spots; an interrupted terminal black line; cilia buff-greeii, 

 shaded witli darker green. Hind wings white, costa, apex 

 broadly, and teinien narrowly fu.^cous, a subterminal fuscous 

 line; inner margin and cilia roseate buff, becoming reddish 

 at apex. 



Expanse 33 mm. 



Hub. Juan Vinas, Sixohi, Turrialba. 



Slericta apicalis, sp. n. 



c? . Palpi light reddish brown. Collar and thorax greyish, 

 mottled with dull olive ; a black spot on patagia anteriorly. 

 Abdomen bufl-brown, irrorated with black, forming- irregular 

 segmental lines. Legs grey-brown, broadly ringed with 

 fuscous; fore femora white, shaded witli black near throat. 

 Fore wings : base, inner and outer margins, and postmedial 

 space below vein 2 mottled roseate brown and olive-green ; 

 a small black spot at base of costa; antemedial space broadly 

 whitish grey, not reaching inner margin, limited by an 

 indistinct lunular white medial line, outset below cell; post- 

 medial space shaded with fuscous; a black line on disco- 

 cellular ; subterminal line straight on costa, then slightly 

 outcurved to vein 2, and straight on inner margin, paler, 

 preceded by small black S|)ots almost forming a line, and 

 followed by a fine whitish shade on inner margin ; a terminal 

 white space from vein 5 to apex; a terminal black line 

 interrupted by veins; cilia greenish bufE mottled with black. 

 Hind wings whitish brown, darker shaded on outer margin ; 

 veins pale brown, with darker subterminal streaks on veins. 

 Fore wings below roseate brown, the inner margin whitish ; 

 a black point on discocellular, followed by a deeply dentate 

 fuscous shade. Hind wings below whitish, the costal margin 

 irrorated with roseate brown ; a black discal point j a roseate 

 brown subterminal line, deeply dentate on anterior half. 



Expanse 34 mm. 



JJab. Juan Vinas, Sitio. 



The female has the antemedial space and hind wings 

 shaded with fuscous. 



Stericta unthrosalis, sp. n. 

 cJ . Palpi, head, collar, and thorax green, some black 



