GRAPTA II. 



GRAPTA MARSYAS, 5-8. 



Grapta Marsyas, Edwards, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, Vol. III., \>. IG, 1870. 



Male. — Expands 1.6 inch. 



Primaries much incised, secondaries moderately ; outer angle of secondaries 

 but little, 'the inner angle largely, produced ; tail long, broad and curved, fol- 

 lowed by a deep and broad incision, and a narrow dentation at the extremity of 

 the lower branch of median. 



Upper side bright fulvous, obscured at base ; primaries have a broad fuscous 

 marginal border on which is a .series of indistinct yellow spots, scarcely more 

 than indicated by a yellow shade in the several interspaces, except near the 

 apex, where they become distinct ; the sub-apical patch large, ferruginous ; the 

 patch at inner angle small, rounded anteriorly, ferruginous ; the other markings 

 as in Comma. 



Secondaries have a broad pale fuscous border, occupying one third of the 

 wing, gradually passing into the fulvous shade of the disk, and completely inclos- 

 ing a series of illy-defined small yellow spots ; a large black spot on costal mar- 

 gin, a second, of small size, on the arc, and a third at the origin of the upper 

 median nervule ; inner margin much obscured by brown ; fringes alternately yel- 

 low and fuscous next the apex of primaries, white in the emarginations of the 

 incision, fuscous elsewhere, and alternately white and fuscous on .secondaries. 



Under side varied in shades of bi-own, with a vinous tint over the basal area ; 

 secondaries and the outer two thirds of primaries much streaked with darker 

 brown or ferruginous ; upon the disks a common band, irregular, and much as in 

 Comma, the outer edge on .secondaries only lined with dark brown ; a dark stripe 

 on secondaries near base ; the space beyond the band gray across the median 

 nervules of primaries and the discoidal nervules of secondaiies, this .shade nearly 

 hidden by the dense streaks ; apex of primaries olivaceous, the color limited 

 below by a ferruginous stripe along the nervule ; the sub-apical patch grayish- 

 green on a white ground ; along the incision, and on entire margin of second- 



