86 NORTH AMERICAN BUTTERFLIES. 



207. CYSTINEURA AMYMONE Men. 

 Amymone Butterfly. 

 White above on fore wings, dusky at base and along upper and outer 

 margin, widest on the latter, Avhere are inclosed some spots of pale or- 

 ange. Hind wings, pale orange fringed with whitish, within which is 

 a black band, then a row of pale bluish crescents. There is a white band 

 crossing center of wing, widest above ; within this, is another wide band ; 

 base of wing, dusky. Beneath, the dusky markings of fore Avings are 

 replaced by orange, and the hind wings are wholly orange, excepting that 

 the white and bluish markings above are repeated, and there is white 

 between the two bands. Habitat, Texas and southward. Expands, 1.60. 



GENUS XXIIL GRAPTA. SILVER COMMAS. 



Size, medium to large. Colors, reddish or orange above, 

 prominently marked with black ; duller below, with a sil- 

 very, C-shaped mark in middle of hind wings. Wings, 

 large, notched, and the hind ones are tailed. Antennae, 

 shorter than the short body, with the club flattened and 

 suddenly enlarged. Hybernates as a perfect insect. Type, 

 G. COMMA. ( Plate V, 2. ) 



208. GRAPTA INTERROGATIONIS Fab. 

 Semicolon Butterfly. 

 Size, larger than G. comma ; color above, brighter, border of fore 

 wings not as black as the other markings, broad, and not as clearly de- 

 fined, there are seven black spots, instead of six. Fig. 31, h, and the sil- 

 ver C on lower side of hind wing is divided, forming a more or less dis- 

 tinct ;, Fig. 31, hh. Umbrosa, Lint., is the summer form, with the 

 hind wings much obscured with dusky. Expands, 2.00 to 2.75. Hab- 

 itat, United States, excepting Pacific States, also Ontario, Quebec, and 

 Nova Scotia. Occurs in June, August, and September. 



209. GRAPTA COMMA Harr. 



Comma Butterfly. 



Plate V, 2. 



Above, reddish orange, with outer margin of both wings bordered 



with black, well defined on inner edge of fore wings ; within this, at apex, 



is a triangular patch, outside the point of whicli, are two black dots, 



encircled with a yellowish bar across end of central cell, and two spots 



