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Show 1878. | MR. A. BOUCARD ON BIRDS FROM COSTA RICA. 37 Fig. 7. Systropha auriflua, n. sp., p. 18. 8. Dolgoma brunnea, 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. Ranghana punctata, n. sp., p. 22. 13. Teulisna tenuisigna, n. sp., p. 24. 14. Macotasa biplagella 31 n- sp.. p. 25. 15. Zadadra distorta 3, 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. Fig. 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. interserta, n. sp., p. 32. 7. obsoleta, n. sp., p. 32. 8. assamica, n. sp., p. 33. 9. indistincta, n. sp., p. 33. 10. Mmene tnaculifascia, n. sp., p. 33. 11. sinuata, n. sp., p. 34. 12. Setinochroa aurantiaca, n. sp., p. 35. 13. Bizone bellissima 3, u. sp., p. 27. 14. coccinea 3, n. sp., p. 28. 15. Barsine flatntnealis, 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. [Eeceived 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 inhabitants, 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 December 1876, and remained in the country till the 30th M a y 1877-in all, five months. M y 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. M y 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. |
