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GRAPTA II. 



GRAPTA HYLAS, 1-4. 



Grapla Htjlas, Edwards, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, Vol. IV., p. 68, 1872. 



ALa.le. — Expands 1.7 inch. 



Form near Faunus ; primaries deeply incised, secondaries moderately ; the 

 two angles of secondaries somewhat and almost equally produced ; tail broad, 

 and a prominent dentation at the extremity of lower branch of median. 



Upper side dull red-fulvous at bases of wings, fading into yellow-fulvous on 

 the disks ; the marginal border of primaries fuscous, edged within by a series of 

 separated yellow spots, which are either serrate or dentate ; the sub-apical patch 

 and the patch near inner angle ferruginous on a black ground ; the other spots 

 black and as in Faunus ; secondaries have a broad fusco-ferruginous marginal 

 border which covers one third of the wing, and includes a sub-marginal series of 

 small rounded or lunate yellow spots ; on costal margin a large black spot, a 

 smaller one on the arc, the two often confluent ; inner margin much obscured by 

 brown ; the edges of both hind margins gray, dusted more or less with yellow ; 

 fringes white in the emarginations, fuscous elsewhere. 



Under side marbled in shades of gray, tinted with brown over basal area, and 

 densely covered throughout with fine abbreviated streaks of black or fuscous ; 

 the basal area limited by a dark, irregular, common band, which is edged on its 

 outer side by a black line ; the space beyond to margin gray, of nearly an uni- 

 form shade, the usual sub-apical patch on primaries scarcely lighter than the 

 rest ; across the disks a common series of minute spots or points, complete on 

 secondaries, sometimes wanting on upper half of primaries ; under a glass these 

 points resolve into dull green spots with black edging, or into patches of black 

 and green scales ; the incision of jjrimaries bordered by dull green lunations 

 edged on either side by black ; similar lunations are found on secondaries entirely 

 across the wing, but often they are partly wanting ; discal mark a fine l)ent 

 silvered streak, the upper limb curved, the lower straight, and the two equal in 

 length. 



