GRAPTA VI. 

 GEAPTA ZEPHYRUS. 



Grapia Zephi/rus (Zeph'-y-rus), Edwards, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 1870. 



Male. — Expands 1.8 to 2 inches. 



Primaries deejjly incised, moderately dentated ; secondaries have posteriorly 

 three prominent dentations, usually equal, sometimes the second produced ; tail long, 

 united at base with third dentation; outer angle strongly produced, and margin 

 deeply incised. 



Ui)per side fiery-red fulvous, fading into yellow fulvous on disk; j^rimaries 

 have a narrow fuscous border often suffused with ferruginous, preceded throughout 

 by a series of elongated yellow lunules; the border of secondaries still narrower, often 

 interrupted, sometimes ferruginous, and supporting large yellow lunules, which are 

 rather indistinct in outline, and always confluent; primaries have a large subapical 

 ferruginous patch, a smaller one near inner angle; a large black spot, depressed, 

 covering the arc, frequently nuich dilated on costa; five small black spots arranged 

 as in the allied species; secondaries have tlic outer limb more or less irrorated 

 with ferruginous, forming a sort of band anterior to the yellow lunules; a large 

 black patch on middle of costa and a small sub-triangular S2:)0t on arc, sometimes 

 connected with the patch; fringes fuscous at tips ':>f ncrvules aud somewhat on the 

 interspaces, mixed irregularly with yellow and white. 



Under side grey-brown, but varying mucli in individuals, in some the grey 

 shade predominating, giving a hoary appearance to the whole surface, others quite 

 dark, but all densely covered with fine, abbreviated lines darker tlinn the ground; 

 the basal space is usually brown, limited on the disk by a moderately irregular 

 outline, very closely as in Gracilis and Pro(jnc, well defined except against cell 

 of [)rimaries; in the cell three elongated brown spots edged with black, two being 

 in line next sub-costal and the third against the space that is between the two 

 others and next median ; both wings have an extra-discal complete row of 

 black points, edged by luteous scales, often conspicuou><ly, excejit those on costal 

 margin of primaries which are edged anteriorly by small pure white lunations; 

 three dark brown serrated spots at ajiex; the incision bordered by a cinereous, 

 sometimes plumbaginous, wavy line, edged anteriorly by velvety black; on sec- 

 ondaries a similar line, but interrupted beyond the tail and frequently there 

 obsolete; costal margin of primaries marked with irregular patches of dark brown 

 and grey white; edge of inner margin of same wings aud of costal of secondaries 

 beaded with brown and white; discal silver spot narrow, bent at an angle of about 

 fifty degrees, not barbed, but acuminate at either extremity, the limbs either of even 

 length or the lower one shorter. 



Body fulvous, beneath grey-brown; legs grey; jDalpi grey, blackish in front 



