288 Mr. W. Scliaus on 



Bhchroma epaphras, sp. n. 



(^ . Palpi black, edged below and above with wliite. 

 Frons white mottled with brown j vertex and body above 

 green ; some brown mottlings on thorax ; abdomen with 

 four small white dorsal spots, and faint whitish segmental 

 lines on following segments. Wings green with some 

 scattered darker green spots ; cilia whitish green, with small 

 fuscous spots at veins. Fore wings : costa finely creamy 

 white striated with fuscous grey ; some antemedial smoky 

 spots forming an inbent line; four fuscous spots about 

 discocehular ; an outer lunular smoky shade, sligiitly inset 

 between veins 5 and 6. Hind wings ; a fuscous spot at base ; 

 u fine antemedial line and smoky spot on inner margin ; the 

 outer smoky shade nearer termen from vein 4 to inner 

 margin. Wings below greenish white; the costa of fore 

 wings with dark strias and spots; some small spots in cell, 

 and larger spots at end of cell and beyond it ; the outer line 

 well marked on costa. 



Expanse 28 mm. 



Hab. Juan Vinas, Carillo. 



Tachyphyh oleaster^ sp. n. 



^ . Frons green ; vertex white. Thorax, abdomen, and 

 wings dull green, tiie wings tinged with brown ; minute 

 black discal points ; a gveenish-white line from near apex of 

 fore wing to middle of inner margin of hind wing. Fore 

 wings : the costa brighter green ; a faint whitish-green 

 medial line; cilia rather long, silky green. Wings below- 

 whitish olive ; the whilish lines indistinct ; the apex of fore 

 wing tipped with black; minute black discal points. The 

 female has no black tip to apex of fore wing below. 



Expanse, cJ 21 mm., ? SO mm. 



Eab. La Florida, Sixola, Tuis, Guapiles. 



TachypJiyle hamata, sp. n. 



S . Palpi white. Vertex white. Collar and thorax green ; 

 abdomen above paler green. Wings green. Fore wings: the 

 apex falcate ; the cuter margin incurved ; some brownisli strise 

 in cell and below it, forming a faint antemedial line extending 

 to submedian ; a fine fuscous line on discocellular ; outer 

 space to termen shaded with brown, crossed by a broad dark 

 purplish-brown shade, outwardly tinged with lilacine ; this 

 shade extends across middle of hind wings. Fore wings 

 below dull dark green, the hind wings greenish white ; a 



