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Fig. 7. Systropha auriflua, n. sp., p. 18. 



8. Dolgoma brunnca, n. sp., p. 20. 



9. Mithuna quadriplaga, n. sp., p. 21. 



10. Cossa quadrisignata, n. sp., p. 21. 



11. brunnea, n. sp., p. 22. 



12. Banghana punctata, n. sp., p. 22. 



13. Teulisna tenuisigna, n. sp., p. 24. 



14. Macotasa biplagella <S , n. sp., p. 25. 



15. Zadadra distorta <$ , p. 25. 



16. Prabhasa venosa £ , n. sp., p. 26. 



17. flavicosta §, n. sp., p. 26. 



18. Gampola fasciata <3, n. sp., p. 27. 



Plate III. 



Pig. 1. Lyclene rubricosa, n. sp., p 30. 



2. radians, n. sp., p. 30. 



3. prominens, n. sp., p. 31. 



4. zebrina, n. sp., p. 31. 



5. palmata, n. sp., p. 31. 



6. intcrserta, n. sp., p. 32. 



7. obsoleta, n. sp., p. 32. 



8. assamica, n. sp., p. 33. 



9. — — indistincta, n. sp., p. 33. 



10. JEmcne maculifascia, n. sp., p. 33. 



11. sinuata, n. sp., p. 34. 



12. Sefinochroa aurantiaca, n. sp., p. 35. 



13. Bisone bellissima c?, n. sp., p. 27. 



14. coccinea S , n- sp., p. 28. 



15. Barsine flammealis, n. sp., p. 28. 



16. gloriosa, n. sp., p. 29. 



17. inflexa, n. sp., p. 29. 



18. —— flavivenosa, n. sp., p. 30. 



2. On Birds collected in Costa Rica. 

 By Adolphe Boucard, C.M.Z.S. 



[Keceived Nov. 15, 1877.] 



(Plate IV.) 



Costa Rica, the most southern of the five Republics known together 

 under the name of " Central America," is said to contain 150,000 in- 

 habitants, of which 100,000 live in the valleys of San Jose and Car- 

 tago. The remainder of the population is widely distributed in small 

 villages, some of them lying at great distances from each other. 

 Thence the difficulty of travelling in the interior of the country. 



I arrived at Puntarenas, the Pacific port, on the 29th of Decem- 

 ber 1876, and remained in the country till the 30th May 1877 — in 

 all, five months. 



My head quarters were San Jose, the capital. It is situated in the 

 centre of a very fertile valley, about midway between the Atlantic 

 and the Pacific, at the altitude of 4100 feet. It is said to contain 

 15,000 inhabitants. My intention was to take a house; but the 

 rent, furniture, and servants were so dear that I stopped all the time 

 at the Hotel Victor, where I was recommended to go. 



