Agaristidae 
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 Noctuidae. 
The following description of the characteristics of the 
family is adapted from Hampson with reference to the forms 
found within our faunal limits: 
4 Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned and well devel¬ 
oped, the third joint usually naked and porrect; frons with a 
rounded, conical, or corneous process; antennae 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 tibiae rarely spined; the male claspers often very 
large; wings large and strongly formed. Fore wing with vein 
i a separate from i b; i c absent; 5 from or from close to angle 
of cell; the areole present in nearly all the genera. Hind wing 
with vein 1 a present; 1 c 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 larvae 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 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 is 
drawn upon for the following quotations: “The eggs are laid 
141 
Fig. 78.—Egg of Co¬ 
pidryas gloveri greatly 
enlarged. 
