GRAPTA I. 



GRAPTA FAUNUS. 1- 



Grapta F'aunus, Edwards, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1S02. 



Male. Expands 2.1 inches. 



Primaries deeply incised on both liiud and inner margins ; liind margins 

 throughout irregularly dentated ; a prominent tail ou middle of secondaries and a 

 smaller one between this and the anal angle. 



Upper side dee]? orange fulvous, paler next apex of primaries ; base of both 

 wings and abdominal margin of secondaries a little dusky, the latter clothed with 

 long hairs ; j^rimaries have a broad black hind margin, dilated at the apex, bor-' 

 dered within by a series of obsolete tawny lunules ; on the inner margin a large 

 black sjiot joins the marginal baud, there enclosing a tawny spot ; on the costal mar- 

 gin near ajiex, a broad abbreviated bar, black without, ferruginous within, runs 

 obliquely back almost to the marginal band ; from the middle of the costa a broad 

 black bar extends to the median nervure, covering the arc ; within the cell two 

 round black S2)ots in a transverse line and a third a little back of the same line near 

 inner margin, divided unequally by the lower median nervule ; in the median in- 

 tersjiaces, two rounded black spots placed nearly at right angles to the first three ; 

 costal edge of both wings and the incision of inner margin of jnimaries sprinkled 

 with black and tawny ; the hind margin of secondaries is black slightly tinted with 

 fulvous, clouded within, and jjasses gradually into the basal color, occupying nearly 

 half the wing ; costal margin broad, brownish black ; ou this is an elongated black 

 spot, below which, nearer the cell, is a second, and in tlie middle of the wing a 

 third, divided by the nervure ; fringe white in the emarginations. 



Under side. Both wings dark brown next ]:)ase, with an irregular common 

 blackish band across the middle, darkest on its outer edge and within the abdomi- 

 nal margin, where its outline is oljliquely serrated ; beyond this band, the color is 

 paler brown mottled with grey white, which is clearest on costa of primaries ; the 

 whole surface clouded with vinous, and more or less crossed by fine abbreviated 

 streaks of dark brown; apex of jirimaries yellow brown, with three small lanceo- 

 late, ferruginous S])0ts, the lower one enclosing a blue or green j^oint ; the hind mar- 

 gin of both wings, below these, is bordered by a series of confluent blue black, some- 

 times olive green sjjots, following the outline of the wing ; a little anterior to this, 

 another series of rounded spots of same color, those on secondaries largest aud some- 



