. The moth book [microform] : a popular guide to a knowledge of the moths of North America. Moths; Papillons nocturnes; Papillons nocturnes; Moths. of h. Old World .nd th. New reckon In Iheir number some of lh« most resplendently colored insecU found upon the ilobe Thty ire regarded u being an offshoot of the Noctuid* The following description of the chiracteristics of the family Is adapted from Hampson with reference to the forms found within our faunal limits: â Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned and well devel- oped, the third Joint usually naked and porrect; frons with . rounded, c
. The moth book [microform] : a popular guide to a knowledge of the moths of North America. Moths; Papillons nocturnes; Papillons nocturnes; Moths. of h. Old World .nd th. New reckon In Iheir number some of lh« most resplendently colored insecU found upon the ilobe Thty ire regarded u being an offshoot of the Noctuid* The following description of the chiracteristics of the family Is adapted from Hampson with reference to the forms found within our faunal limits: â Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned and well devel- oped, the third Joint usually naked and porrect; frons with . rounded, conical, or corneous process; antennc 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 devel- oped, the tibiK rarely spined; the male claspcrs often v«v large; wmgs large and strongly formed. Fore wing wilh vein la separate from i*; le absent; 5 from or from close to anule of cell; the areole present In neariy all the genera. Hind wlriK with vein la present; xc 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 larvB are noctuiform and have all the prolegs present The pupa Is naked.' Oanua COPIDRYAB Orote Two species belonging to this genus occur within the limits of the United States. Wegive illustrations of both of them (1) Copidryaa gloveri Grote & Robin- son, Plate XVII, Fig. 11, i. (Glovers 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 Uken the cuts which are here- with given. The drawings of the egg, pupa, and cocoon were made by Mr. C. L. Marlatt. The excellent account given by Professor Riley
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