GRAPTA II. 
type is figured in Esper, Eur. Schmett. I, pi. 59.) But Faunus is notably larger, 
is deeper fulvous by many degrees, and has a much broader border to the hind 
margin of primaries. This border is deep black, not ferruginous, even edged 
within and never crenated as is often the case with O album. The spots are also 
intense black. The outer half of secondaries is black enclosing simply a few sub- 
marginal yellowish points. In O album this part of the wing is ferruginous and 
the yellowish points are much enlarged, often into patches that form a connected 
band across the wing, breaking up what otherwise would be the anterior portion 
of the ferruginous border into spots; thus giving the wing a macular appearance 
never found in Faunus , nor in Comma but paralleled in Satyr us. 
The under side of those individuals of C album that in any way approach 
Faunus is cast in the same general pattern with that species, but the colors are 
different and the marbling much less decided. The basal shade is a dull red- 
brown varied by lighter brown; the marginal border is of the same dull color and 
the intermediate or mesial space is grey brown. Faunus has all the colors intense, 
the basal shade black brown, as is also the marginal border, and the intermediate 
space pale brown mottled with grey which becomes conspicuously white on the 
subapical patch. The whole surface is suffused with vinous and the general effect 
of this marbling and coloration is far more beautiful than can well be described or 
than can be imitated at all successfully. No C album is at all comparable to Fau- 
nus in these respects. The under side of C album is described by Mr. Westwood, 
in the work before cited, as “ greyish ashen” and by Mr. Stainton as “ dusky brown.” 
The marginal row of metallic spots in Faunus is sometimes blue-black, sometimes 
green, those of C album are green. 
Other specimens of C album are like Comma in the form of the wings and ex- 
tent of indentation, as well as general appearance of both surfaces. (For this 
phase see Esper, I, pi. 13.) But without giving further details as to the differ- 
ences between these two, Comma presents one character that is decisive. Instead 
of marginal green spots, in Comma these are blue and anterior to them is a com- 
mon row of black points as in Interrogationis. Other specimens of C album , as 
has been said, resemble Satyrus in the macular upper surface, but this species par- 
takes of the same peculiarities beneath, mentioned as distinguishing Comma. 
Besides these resemblances many males of C album have the whole under sur- 
face suffused with shades of yellow, from pale to ochraceous, a feature as yet found 
in no American species. 
The females G album differ still more decidedly from the females of the three 
species, yellow being often a prevailing tint of the under surface. 
Before describing Faunus, in 1882, I enclosed specimens to Air. Stainton and 
requested him to compare them with C album. The following was his reply. 
“Lewisham near London, 10th Feb. 1862. I have carefully examined the butter- 
flies enclosed in your letter and have compared them with American specimens in 
the collection of the British Museum. No. 2 (Faunus) is a distinct, unnamed spe- 
cies, which in the List of Lepidoptera in B. M., Part 1, 1844, follows V Progne as 
Yanessa — ? from Martins Falls, Albany Liver, Pluason’s Bay.” 
Unfortunately the larva of Faunus is still unknown. But those of Comma 
