On Hedrvcera from Costa Rica. 355 



XL. — New Species of Heferocera from Costa Rica. — Vil. 

 By W. SCHAUS, F.Z.S. 



Arctiadae. 



Subfamily Nolinm. 

 Celama carilla, sp. n. 



Palpi white, fringed in front with light brown. Body 

 white, the abdomen faintly tinged with grey ; a small dorsal 

 patch of yellowish scales at base. Fore wings white ; a 

 small dark brown spot at base of median and some diffuse 

 light brown basal scales ; raised tufts in cell light brown ; 

 lines light browi), irrorated with a few dark scales ; ante- 

 medial sligiitly curved, more heavily darkly scaled above 

 submedian ; medial slightly curved ; postmedial outcurved 

 beyond cell, punctiform on veins 2-6; subterminal inset 

 below vein 3 ; an indistinct marginal line. Hind wings 

 white, tinged with grey, more darkly on outer margin. 



Expanse !13 mm. 



Uab. Carillo. 



Roeselia pernitens, sp. n. 



(^ . Palpi brown. Head, collar, and thorax white. Abdo- 

 men light brown, banded with white. Fore wings silvery 

 white; an antemedial spot on costa brown, irrorated with 

 fuscous scales; a medial triangular spot on costa grey-brown, 

 edged inwardly by a black line; smaller spots on costa to 

 apex ; outer margin broadly shaded with brown from vein 6 

 to tornus, and irrorated with fuscous and silvery scale?. 

 Hind wings white, the veins and outer margin tinged with 

 grey. 



Expanse 14 mm. 



Hub. Guapiles. 



Roeselia placens, sp. n. 



(^ . Palpi light brown. Head white; a dark brown line 

 across frons. Collar and shoulders buff, edged with brown. 

 Thorax lilacine white. Abdomen ligiit brown; some white 

 at base. Fore wings lilacine white; costal margin and cell 

 anteriorly light brown, suffusing with a large light brown 

 space at end of cell, irrorated with dark brown, and with two 

 dark brown lines on costa above it ; costa terminally grey ; 

 a postmedial gvey-brown shade, suffusing with brown space 



