GRAPTA III. 



GEAPTA DRYAS. 1— G. 



Grapfa Dri/as, Edwards, Trans. Am. Eufc. Soc. 1870. 



Male. Expands 2.4 inclies. 



Primaries moderately incised ; liind margins slightly dentated; a broad tail 

 of medium length on middle of secondaries. 



Upper side yellow fulvous marked with black and ferruginous as in Comma and 

 Interrogationis ; secondaries almost wholly black as in the latter species, the black 

 shade gradually passing into fulvous near base; three fulvous sub-marginal points 

 or spots dt outer angle; a black ixitch on costa and spot in cell, in some cases only 

 distinguished by a deeper shade than the ground color; fringes white in the emar- 

 ginations, fuscous at tips of nervules. 



Under side marbled in shades of grey, brown, ferruginous, olivaceous and 

 honey yellow; more or less suffused with lilaceous and throughout densely covered 

 with fine, abbreviated streaks of ferruginous; the basal space limited without bv 

 au irregular deep brown or ferruginous common discal band; in cell three distinct 

 brown spots; the extra basal space lilaceous on both wings but on secondaries 

 mixed with yellow and olivaceous; beyond, to margins, j^rimaries partly yellow, 

 partly clear yellow, the latter color at apex and inner angle; secondaries have a 

 large, nebulous, ferruginous or olivaceous patch near outer angle and a nebulous 

 curved strij)e of similar color from median nervure to anal angle, the former en- 

 closing on costal edge a yellow sjiot; both wings crossed by a conspicuous sub- 

 marginal row of black points or small spots; on jirimaries a sub-apical ferruginous 

 patch enclosing a lilaceous spot on costa; the incision edged by a brown line which 

 is preceded by metallic grey, or blue-grey lunules edg^u with black; similar lu- 

 nules on secondaries; costal edge of primaries lilaceous and bufi", crossed to the ner- 

 vure by ferruginous streaks and sjiots; silver spot an oj)en C, large, narrow, thick- 

 ened at extremities, sometimes interrupted on the lower side. 



Body above fulvous covered with greenish hairs; below jmle vinous brown; 

 legs buflF; palpi buff below, ferruginous above and at tip; club black, ti23])ed with 



ferruginous. 



Female. Expands 2.6 inches. 



Hind margin of primaries a little less incised; the dentations as in male. 

 Upper side similar to male; under side honey yellow densely covered with ferru- 



