3O2 THE STUDY OF INSECTS. 



The Hooded Owlets, Cucullia (Cu-cuTli-a). We have 



several common grayish moths, in which the fore wings are 



marked with numerous irregular dashes of dark color, and 



-v _-^^^ * n which the thorax is furnished 



^SSto^m&^^&^f with 3- prominent tuft of scales. 



These moths belong to the genus 



Cucullia. Figure 362 represents 



Cucullia speyeri (C. spey'er-i). 



P These insects evidently have 



FIG. 362 .-Cucuina speyeri. the power of moving this tuft 



of scales ; for sometimes it projects forward over the head as 



shown in the figure, while in other specimens of the same 



species it will be directed backward ; in this case it is much 



less conspicuous. The larvae of the Hooded Owlets feed 



upon the leaves of goldenrod and other Compositae. 



The Scalloped Owlet, Scoleopteryx libatrix (Scol-e-op'ter- 

 yx li-ba'trix). This moth is easily recognized by the shape 

 of the wings, the outer margins of which are deeply cut and 

 scalloped (Fig. 363). The 

 color of the fore wings is soft 

 brownish gray, slightly pow- 

 dered with rust - red, and 

 frosted with white along the 



costa. There is an irregular FIG. 363. Scot^piiryx 

 patch of rust-red reaching from the base to the middle of 

 the wing, a single, white, transverse line before the middle, 

 and a double one beyond the middle. The larva feeds on 

 willow. This species is found in 

 all parts of the United States 

 and in Europe. 



The American Copper Hind- 

 wing, Ainphipyra pyramidoides 

 (Am-phip'y-ra pyr-a-mi-doi'des). 

 FIG. Tfx.- Am phipyra Py ra m id oides . The fore wings of this moth 

 (Fig. 364) are dark brown, shaded with paler brown, and 

 with dots and wavy lines of a glasey gray or dull whitish 



