Heterocera from Costa Uica. 529 



fuscous, irrovated with reddisli brown. Fore wings reddish 

 brown ; base, a broad medial space, narrowing on inner 

 margin, a postmedial patch below costa, and terraen from 

 bilow vein 5 to tornus heavily shaded with fuscous, mottled 

 slightly with brown; anteniedial S[)ace crossed by a tine dark 

 redtlisli-brown line; u small pale shade beyond discocellular ; 

 traces of a dentate postnied:al line, not apparent below vein '?> ; 

 a fuscous subterminal shade, suffusing witli terminal shades 

 below vein 5 ; marginal bhick points connected by a fine 

 limular line. Hind wings: base and inner margin to tornus 

 fu.-^c'jus, with geminate black lines at end of cell ; outer 

 space reddish brown ; a postmedial geminate shade to anal 

 angle, fuscous towards costa, dark reddish brown towards 

 angle ; an irregular subterminal fuscous siiade ; termen 

 irrorated with fuscous, the spots and line as on fore wing. 

 Wings below butf, irrorated and shaded with fuscous biow^n ; 

 a dark medial and i)o.stmedial line; a broad subterminal and 

 marginal shade, dark discal spots ; some pale spots on costa 

 of fore wing. 



Expanse 34 mm. 



Hah. Esperanza. 



Kear //. ypsilon, Btl. 



Ilomopyralis vi'n'dis, sp. n. 



S . Palpi buff-brown, with numerous dark brown rings. 

 Head and base of abdomen greyish buff, irrorated with 

 reddish brown. Collar and thorax dull reddish brown, the 

 bruad scales lipped with whitish grey ; abdomen except 

 basal segment fuscous, dorsally and terminally mottled with 

 buff and brown. Fore wings green to postmedial line; some 

 scattered black scales on inner margin and below disco- 

 cellular ; costa shaded with dark brown ; traces of a fine 

 anteniedial fuscous line and a wavy geminate medial line; a 

 velvety black streak on discocellular ; postmedial line fine, 

 fuscous, outwardly edged with pale green and a dull brownish 

 shade, oiitbent from costa, incurved opposite cell, dentate on 

 veins 4, 3, and on submedian ; terminal space purple-brown, 

 with a faintly browner subterminal shade; marginal black 

 spots outwardly shaded with pale green and connected by a 

 lunular black line ; cilia partly shaded with green. Hind 

 wings purple-brown ; the inner margin green ; a green post- 

 medial space not reaching costal margin ; a black spot on 

 discocellular ; the lines interrupted, broader and more con- 

 spicuous between veins 5 and 6 ; terminal spots as on fore 

 wings. Fore wings below grey-brown, the costa shaded 



