GRAPTA II. 
GRAPTA HYLAS, 1-4. 
Grapta Hylas, Edwards, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., Yol. IV., p. 68, 1872. 
Male. — Expands 1.7 inch. 
Form near Faunus; primaries deeply incised, secondaries moderately; the 
two angles of secondaries somewhat and almost equally produced ; tail broad, 
and a prominent dentation at the extremity of lower branch of median. 
Upper side dull red-fulvous at bases of wings, fading into yellow-fulvous on 
the disks; the marginal border of primaries fuscous, edged within by a series of 
separated yellow spots, which are either serrate or dentate ; ■ the sub-apical patch 
and the patch near inner angle ferruginous on a black ground; the other spots 
black and as in Faunus; secondaries have a broad fusco-ferruginous marginal 
border which covers one third of the wing, and includes a sub-marginal series of 
small rounded or lunate yellow spots; on costal margin a large black spot, a 
smaller one on the arc, the two often confluent; inner margin much obscured by 
brown ; the edges of both hind margins gray, dusted more or less with yellow; 
fringes white in the emarginations, fuscous elsewhere. 
Under side marbled in shades of gray, tinted with brown over basal area, and 
densely covered throughout with fine abbreviated streaks of black or fuscous; 
the basal area limited by a dark, irregular, common band, which is edged on its 
outer side by a black line; the space beyond to margin gray, of nearly an uni¬ 
form shade, the usual sub-apical patch on primaries scarcely lighter than the 
rest; across the disks a common series of minute spots or points, complete on 
secondaries, sometimes wanting on upper half of primaries; under a glass these 
points resolve into dull green spots with black edging, or into patches of black 
and green scales; the incision of primaries bordered by dull green lunations 
edged on either side by black; similar lunations are found on secondaries entirely 
across the wing, but often they are partly wanting; discal mark a fine bent 
silvered streak, the upper limb curved, the lower straight, and the two equal in 
length. 
