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GRAPTA III. 
GRAPTA DRYAS. 1—6. 
Grapta Dry as, Edwards, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 1870. 
Male. Expands 2.4 inches. 
Primaries moderately incised ; hind margins slightly dentated ; a broad tail 
of medium length on middle of secondaries. 
Upper side yellow fulvous marked with black and ferruginous as in Comma and 
Interrogationis ; secondaries almost wholly black as in the latter species, the black 
shade gradually passing into fulvous near base ; three fulvous sub-marginal points 
or spots at outer angle; a black patch on costa and spot in cell, in some cases only 
distinguished by a deeper shade than the ground color; fringes white in the emar- 
ginations, fuscous at tips of nervules. 
Under side marbled in shades of grey, brown, ferruginous, olivaceous and 
honey yellow; more or less suffused with lilaceous and throughout densely covered 
with fine, abbreviated streaks of ferruginous; the basal space limited without by 
an irregular deep brown or ferruginous common discal band; in cell three distinct 
brown spots; the extra basal space lilaceous on both wings but on secondaries 
mixed with yellow and olivaceous; beyond, to margins, primaries partly yellow, 
partly clear yellow, the latter color at apex and inner angle; secondaries have a 
large, nebulous, ferruginous or olivaceous patch near outer angle and a nebulous 
curved stripe of similar color from median nervure to anal angle, the former en- 
closing on costal edge a yellow spot; both wings crossed by a conspicuous sub- 
marginal row of black points or small spots; on primaries a sub-apical ferruginous 
patch enclosing a lilaceous spot on costa; the incision edged by a brown line which 
is preceded by metallic grey, or blue-grey lunules edged with black; similar lu- 
nules on secondaries; costal edge of primaries lilaceous and buff, crossed to the ner- 
vure by ferruginous streaks and spots; silver spot an open C, large, narrow, thick- 
ened at extremities, sometimes interrupted on the lower side. 
Body above fulvous covered with greenish hairs ; below pale vinous brown ; 
legs buff; palpi buff below, ferruginous above and at tip; club black, tipped with 
ferruginous. 
Female. Expands 2.6 inches. 
Hind margin of primaries a little less incised; the dentations as in male. 
Upper side similar to male; under side honey yellow densely covered with ferru- 
