EXPLANATION OF PLATE XVII (Except when otherwise indicated, the specimens figured are contained in the collection of W. J. Holland.) I. Haploa militaris Harris, . 2. Haploa colona Hübner, . 3. Haploa vestalis Packard, ♂. 4. Haploa militaris Harris, ♂. 5. Haploa consita Walker, ♂. 6. Haploa confusa Lyman, ♂. 7. Haploa clymene Brown, ♂. 8. Utetheisa ornatrix Linnæus, ♂. 9. IO. II. 12. Haploa dyari Merrick, ♂, Merrick Collection. Fenaria sevorsa Grote, 13. Androloma maccullochi Kirby, ♂. 14. Alypia ridingsi Grote, ♂. 15. Alypia mariposa Grote & Robinson, f. 16. Alypia langtoni Couper, J. 17. Alypia langtoni Couper, 9. 18. Alypia wittfeldi Henry Edwards, ♂. 19. Alypia wittfeldi Henry Edwards, . 20. Alypia octomaculata Fabricius, ♂. 21. 22. 23. 24. Alypia octomaculata Fabricius, . Alypiodes bimaculata Herrich-Schaffer, ♂`. 25. 28. Aleptina inca, Dyar ♂. 29. 30. Charadra decora Morrison, ♂. 32. of the Old World and the New reckon in their number some of the most resplendently colored insects found upon the globe. They are regarded as being an offshoot of the Noctuidæ. The following description of the characteristics of the family is adapted from Hampson with reference to the forms found within our faunal limits: 'Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned and well developed, the third joint usually naked and porrect; frons with a rounded, conical, or corneous process; antennæ cylindrical, almost simple, with slight bristles at the joints, not ciliated, and more or less distinctly dilated toward the extremity. Ocelli present; eyes sometimes hairy; tibial spurs well developed, the tibiæ rarely spined; the male claspers often very large; wings large and strongly formed. Fore wing with vein 1a separate from 1b; 1c absent; 5 from or from close to angle of cell; the areole present in nearly all the genera. Hind wing with vein la present; Ic absent; 5 obsolescent from angle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle or shortly stalked; 8 free at base, then bent downward to anastomose with the cell at a point only. All the species have silvery blue scales on the fore wings. The larvæ are noctuiform and have all the prolegs present. The pupa is naked.' Genus COPIDRYAS Grote Two species belonging to this genus occur within the limits of the United States. We give illustrations of both of them. (1) Copidryas gloveri Grote & Robin son, Plate XVII, Fig. 11, 3. (Glover's Purslane-moth.) The life-history of this rather pretty moth has been well worked out by Professor C. V. Riley and from his article published in "Insect Life." Vol. I, p. 104, we have taken the cuts which are herewith given. The drawings of the egg, pupa, and cocoon were made by Mr. C. L. Marlatt. The excellent account given by Professor Riley is drawn upon for the following quotations: "The eggs are laid FIG. 78.-Egg of Copidryas gloveri greatly enlarged. |