Iltterocera from Costa Eica. 597 



Female : a faint reddish-brown shade on fore winga beyond 

 cell, and a similar shade on hind wings between the lines. 

 Expanse 28 mm. 

 IJah. Juan Vinas. 



Petelia paUidulay sp. n. 



S . Palpi and frons purplish brown. Vertex and body pale 

 reddish brown. Wings light brown : an outer row of 

 whitish points on veins, inwardly dark shaded. Fore wings : 

 antemedial whitish points on veins; a reddish shade at end 

 of cell and beyond it ; a small similar shade below vein 2 

 niedifilly, followed by a jjurplish shade which extends to 

 costal and inner margins ; a black discal point ; some darker 

 stria* on margins. Hind wings : the cell crossed by purplish 

 stride; a small reddish shade beyond cell between 4 and 6. 

 Fore wings below roseate buff; a black streak on disco- 

 cellular ; some dark stria? on costa. Hind wings below 

 yellowish ; the outer margin broadly roseate. 



Expanse 30 mm. 



Female : wings yellowish brown ; the outer row of spots 

 larger, black, those on veins 3 and 4 somewhat outset. 

 Fore wings : antemedial spots faintly connected by a fuscous 

 line; the purplish shade across end of cell very faint ; the 

 shades beyond cell pale ochreous. Wings below roseate ; a 

 faint darker subterminal shade. 



Expanse 32 mm. 



Hub. Poas. 



Allied to P. interrupta, "Warr. 



Petelia nigrivestita, sp. n. 



cJ. Palpi light brown tipped with grey. Frons purplish 

 brown. Body light brown; a large black patch on thorax 

 posteriorly extending on abdomen ; transverse black bands 

 on most of the segments. Wings light brown with a few 

 darker strise and black irrorations. Fore wings : an inter- 

 rupted faint purplish antemedial line ; a large fuscous patch 

 at and beyond end of cell, not reaching outer maro-in its 

 outer edge dentate and followed by a black spot at apex, 

 and a fuscous shade between 3 and 4 ; some outer white 

 points on veins 3-7 ; a purplish postmedial shade from vein 3 

 to inner margin, preceded below vein 2 by a faint pale 

 reddish shade. Hind wings : a faint postmedial line, heavily 

 marked, black, from vein 4 to inner margin and followed by 

 a large black patch, with its outer edge dentate. Under- 

 neath roseate buff with minute black discal points. 



