GRAPTA III. 



GRAPTA RUSTICUS, 1—4. 



Grapta Rusticus, Edwards, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, Vol. V.. ]i. 107, 1S74. Var. Slh-ius. o . Eihv., iJ., p. lOS. 



Male. — Expands 2 inche.s. 



Near Faunus ; primaries rather deeply incised ; both angles of secondaries pro- 

 duced almost equally ; tail long, broad, curved, followed by a deep incision, and 

 at extremity of lower branch of median nervure a prominent tooth. 



Uj^per side dull red-fulvous, pale on disk of primaries; marginal border of 

 primaries broad, dark red-brown, in the incision nearly black ; of secondaries 

 wholly red-brown, occupying one third the wing, clearly defined on its inner 

 edge, and not shading gradually into the fulvous ground, as in Faunus ; the sub- 

 marginal spots lunular, bright vellow, those of secondaries large ; the other mark- 

 ings deep black, and disposed as in the allied species ; hind margins edged with 

 yellow scales, especially along the incision, and upon the anterior half of second- 

 aries ; fringes largeh^ black, with a mixture of red-brown, aud in most of the 

 interspaces a little white. 



Under side much less variegated than in Faunus; the basal areas brown, dark- 

 est along their outer limits, and contrasting .sharply with the pale olive-brown of 

 the remainder of the wings ; in cell of primaries two long concolored spots, edged 

 with black, in that of secondaries a transverse curved black stripe, and above this 

 cell a few abbreviated fine black streaks; on costa of primaries a narrow edging 

 of white one third the distance from base to apex, and a sub-apical gray patch 

 on white ground ; the points on hind margin above the incision ferruginous ; along 

 the incision and to inner angle a submarginal band of green, formed of confluent 

 crescents edged with black, and on basal side narrowly by gray ; beyond this band 

 is a transverse series of green spots, — the one on upper median interspace obso- 

 lete, — all edged on the outer side by black scales, and more or less by gray. 

 Secondaries have a submarginal row of green, black-edged spots, separated, mostly 

 crescent, crossing the entire wing, and an inner row larger than those on pri- 



