Heterocera from Costa Rica. 619 



line on discocellular with a dark point and some oclireous 

 scales, preceded by a white point on subcostal ; a fine, in- 

 distinct, lunular, postmedial dark line, followed by geminate 

 black lunules separated by oclireous scales, these lunules 

 inwardly oblique from costa near apex, the one between 3 and 

 4 slightly outset ; an irregular dark marginal line, forming 

 oblique streaks from below vein 5; paired terminal black 

 points; cilia yellowish white. Hind wings dull brownish 

 black ; the inner margin pale yellowish ; cilia yellowish 

 white. 



Expanse 54 mm. 



Hah. Juan Vinas. 



Meragisa innoxia, sp. n. 



? . Head mottled olive-grey and fuscous brown. Collar 

 and thorax dark olive-green, thinly streaked with whitish 

 grey. Abdomen fuscous brown, the terminal segments 

 whitish grey. Fore wings olive-grey ; a black point at 

 base of submedian and a fine geminate dark line, followed by 

 a faint darker grey shade almost straight; the antemedial 

 dark, geminate, oblique to median, inbent to submedian fold, 

 twice outcurved below it, filled in with an indistinct whitish- 

 grey shade from below cell ; a black streak on discocellular 

 and a dark line on costa above it, followed by a fine dark 

 line, oblique and angled on costa, incurved to vein 3 and 

 again to submedian ; postmedial from costa towards apex, 

 consisting of fine geminate black lunules separated by 

 whitish scales, incurved to inner margin near tornus, the 

 lunule between veins 3 and 4 outset; some darker grey 

 shades follow the postmedial except between 3 and 4 and 

 below submedian fold ; a submarginal black line, interrupted 

 by veins and inwardly edged with white, nearly straight 

 from apex to vein 3, inset below 3 and 2; terminal outcurved 

 lunules at end of veins. Hind wings dark lilacine brown ; 

 cilia pale yellowish, tipped with white. 



Expanse 46 mm. 



Hab. Juan Vinas. 



This is the only Meragisa I know without the paired 

 terminal points on fore wings. 



Meragisa montana, sp. n. 



cJ . Palpi black, fringed and tipped with grey. Head and 

 collar streaked with reddish-brown and grey hairs ; thorax 

 more uniformly paler grey. Abdomen dark brown, ter- 

 minally mottled reddish brown and white, the base with long 



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