Ileterocera from Costa Rica. 285 



tot-nus ; an outer row of black points on veins from costa at 

 ?) mm. from apex to vein 2; an indistinct subterminal dentate 

 brown shade ; cilia brown. Hind wings whitish ; the veins 

 and margins tinged with brown ; a large opaque brown spot 

 at vein 2 ; cilia tipped with wliite. Inner margin of fore 

 wings slightly lobed and excised. 



Expanse 45 mm. 



Ilab. Juan Yinas, Tuis, Limon. 



cJ . Head, collar, and thorax lilacine brown. Abdomen 

 above greyish brown. Body below pale buff. Fore wings 

 brown ; the antemedial line, black, nearly straight, with a 

 black point on median and submedian; an oblique darker 

 brown spot at end of cell ; postmedial consisting of black 

 points on veins partly irrorated with grey scales, inwardly 

 oblique from costa at 2 mm, from apex to middle of inner 

 margin and followed by a dark shade below vein 2 ; a deeply 

 dentate subterminal darker brown shade from costa to vein 2 ; 

 inner margin nearly straight. Hind wings light brown ; the 

 veins and outer margin darker brown j a whitish shade at 

 base due to thin scaling. 



Expanse 37 mm. 



Hub. Sixola, Gua|)ilcs, Tuis, Juan Yinas. 



Yery closely allied to 11. lotula, Gn., and //. tulola, Schs. 



llemiceras siderea, sp. n. 



? . Palpi and frons ochreous bufF. Vertex fuscous brown 

 and white. Collar dark reddish brown and white. Thorax 

 iuscous brown irrorated with white ; patagia ochreous brown. 

 Abdomen above fuscous grey. Body below and anal hairs 

 yellowish. Fore wings reddish brown tinged with grey, 

 except on costal and outer margins ; the extreme costa white j 

 two oblique black points at end of cell ; antemedial outlined 

 by whitish irrorations on either side below cell to inner margin_, 

 and a white point on subcostal ; postmedial similarly formed, 

 being preceded by white points on veins which are irrorated 

 with black and white from cell, and followed by broad whitish 

 streaks irrorated with reddish brown along veins to near 

 termen, these streaks being also spotted witli fuscous brown 

 subtenninally ; outer margin otherwise broadly deep yellow ; 

 inner margin slightly lobed and excised. Hind wings fuscous 

 brown ; cilia yellowish white. 



Expanse 45 mm. 



Ilab. Guapiles, El Sitio. 



