GRAFT A GRACILIS, grotf. .v iioniNsoN. 



Ann. Lvc, Nat. Hist. N. Y., VIII, p. 432, (1867 1. 

 Edvardi, S_vn. N. Am. P.utt. ji. 20, (1872). 

 Kawcwo Oracilis, Kirby, Cat. Oiuriial Lep., p. 182, (1871). 

 Clraptii C. Argcnteum, rar. Sriidiier, I'loo. I'k-;. Inst., Ill, p. 169, (1862). 



(PLATE VIII, FTC. 14, ?.) 



Mai,k and P^kmale. Eximiul 2 inches. 



Hn.s tlio exact size, sliajie and markings of the western G. Zcphyrus,* but on the upper surface the colour 

 i-; much dccjK'r, l)ciii<r about the same tint as G. Progne, tlie marginal band of secondaries, as well as pri- 

 maries, is dark brown, whereas in its western representative the dark marginal band is confined to the primaries 

 alone. 



I'lider surtiice marked al.so exactly line for line as in G. Zephyrus, but the colour of inner half of all 

 wings is darker than in the latter, and of a maroon or reddish brown shade inclining to claret on its outer 

 edge, the darkness of this inner part of wings as well as of the exterior margin sets the intervening white mesial 

 band out in bold relief making it, certainly, the most bcaiitifid of all our s])ecies or varieties, for which it is 

 time and observation will have to slmw for it is not vet given to earthly beings to know where these species 

 begin or end. My belief is, though, that this is the .same as G. Zephyrus, for there is no difterence save in 

 dej)th of colour, our eastern examples being much the darker. 



(j. Gracilis is at home on Mt. Washington, New Hampshire, G. Zephrus is from Rocky Mountains of 

 Colorado, Nevada, etc. ; there is nothing reinarkal)le in these two being identical as I believe them to be, when 

 ■we co;)sider (i. (Jracilis is i()und in the same locality as Chionobas Semidea and Plusia Hochenwartliii,t both 

 of which are also t()iind in the Koekv Mountains of Colorado. 



Plate VIII, Fig. 13, is the immature larva of Papilio Anticostiensis, a representation of which I promised 

 on page 49 ; it is from an alcoholic example brought by Mr. Couper from Anticosti Island last summer. 



Dec, 1873. 



-ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES. 



Et'DRYAS. — In Notes on /ygacnida-,! Dr. Packard refers Kiidryas to that family and associates it with Alypia, and later, in his 

 " Guide," lie still maintains the same position, and to further confirm his theory, he states that he received " a piece of wood burrowed 

 by E. Cirata," and also, " as K. I'nio is now known to burrow in the stems of plants, our opinion that Eudryas is allied to the (.'astniaj 

 would seem to be contirmed," Ac. ; on the same ground, then, Cryptophasiaand C'ossus should be placed with Castnia, as tliey are borers to 

 a fearful extent, but rnneh, I doubt, if any amount of boring would ever bring them to the Castniinae, bore they ever so wisely. 



In ISCiS a third species from Texas was described by Mr. firote, and for which he created the genus Ciris, calling it Ciris \Vilsonii,|| 

 it differed from (be typical Eudryas in having the antennie pectinated.. In 18(iS he described another, also from Texa.s, calling it 

 Enscirrhopterus (ilovcri,' this one has filifonu anteiui.i> like Unio and (irata, these new species as well as the two old ones he has 

 placed in sub-t'aniilia Castniina', a la Packard, near Alypia in his and Robinson's Catalogue, before referred to in the.se pages. At first 

 he apjicars to have had some misgivings, and ( on p. 321, Vol. IV, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phila., ) makes some very sensible observations 

 regarding the habits of Eudryas so entirely diflerent from those of Alypia, but even there al^tcr stating that the former is nocturnal, &c., 

 he cannot, however, get nut of die Zygaeni(he with it ; it still must stick there in such discordant company, but, it may go a little lower 

 down near Clenucha and allies, and iinally he gave in, and adopted Dr. Packard's views, on page vi in the catalogue before Jiicntioned. 



Dr. Harris (ilaccd Eudryas in the Bombycida- near Notodonta, and Mr. Walker assigned it to the Nottuae. To tell the truth the 

 beaiililiil things do not appear to fit in anywhere very well, but to place them with the Zygaenida; is too absurd! it is almost equal to 

 putting Smerinthus with Colias, and could only be the result of ideas picked up during a sojourn in Schlar-affen Land. 



That their place is with the Noctua; there ought not to be the least doubt, and their probable position is near Miselia or Hadet^a. 



*Edwards, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, \'ol. Ill, p. 16, (1870). 



tPlusia Ilochenwarthii, Ilochenwarth. Beitrage zur Inscctengeschichte 1785, 335, T. 7, f. 2, P. Divergens, Fahr. Mant. 162, (1787). 

 P, fgnen, Cfrote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phila., II, p. 274, (18B3). 

 JProc. Es.se.x. Inst.. IV, (1864). 

 ^Heaven forbid the bans. 

 llProc. Ent. Soc, Vol. II, p. 65, (1863). 

 i! Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, Vol. II, p. 185, (1867). 



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