Heterocera from Costa Rica, 187 



streak and another black spot beyond cell. Secondaries 

 white; a black streak aloii^' inner margin; a broad black 

 medial fascia from end of cell to inner margin ; a black spot 

 on anal lobe. 



Expanse 53 mm. 



Hah. Guapiles, Liraon, Tuis. 



Paranerita niohe^ sp. n. 



? . Palpi roseate above, yellowish below. Frons, collar, 

 and thorax purplish brown ; vertex yellow. Abdomen above 

 crimson. Body below whitish. Fore wings purplish brown ; 

 a yellow space medially on costa connected with a yellowish- 

 white spot in cell posteriorly rounded, the whole edged by a 

 tine red line, and looking like an inverted hat with a wide 

 brim ; a yellow spot on costa at apex ; the outer margin 

 narrowly yellow, inset at vein 4, and inwardly lunular from 

 4 to apex. Hind wings roseate, the costal margin yellowish. 



Expanse 35 mm. 



Differs from P. grandisj E,., in the colour of hind wings. 



Hyponerita amelia, sp. n. 



,$ . Palpi roseate, yellowish in front. Head yellow; 

 some roseate on frons and on vertex behind. Collar and 

 thorax lilacine brown, the patagia and mesothorax irrorated 

 with red. Abdomen roseate above. Body below luteous; 

 fore coxae roseate. Fore wings purplish brown ; a large 

 yellow spot on middle of costa, extending to vein 4, edged 

 with crimson, which extends on costa towards base and apex ; 

 a small yellow spot below vein 2 edged with crimson which 

 coiilesces with the bolder of large spot; base of inner margin 

 yellow, shaded above with crimson ; outer margin yellow, 

 widest below vein 4, and inwardly edged by a crimson line, 

 outwardly lunular from vein 4 to apex. Hind wings roseate. 



Expanse 24 mm. 



Hah. Sixola. 



Noctuidse. 

 Letis albociliata, sp. n. 



? . Body and wings dark brown, the abdomen shaded 

 with dark violaceous. Fore wings : some whitish irrorations 

 chiefly on costa ; antemedial buff on costa, inset, straight, 

 in cell black, below cell lunular, black, inwardly edged with 

 light brown ; orbicular round, black, circled with light 

 brown ; reniform large, oval, somewhat oblique, linear, 



