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THE STUDY OF INSECTS. 



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width in its widest part; it lias a narrow subdorsal whitish 

 line and a lateral one of the same color. When ready to 

 transform it' I ether several l and passes the pupa 

 1 the nest thu ilt(F ig. 35 1 is a blackish- 



brown moth, with an irregular graj b 

 the outer half of the fore 

 wings, and with very broad hind wings. 

 J he palpi, which arc not well shown in 

 the figure, arc long, wide, and flat- 

 tened ; they project horizontally like a snout. 



The Hop-vine rlypena, Hypena humuli (H. hu'-mu-li), 

 is do ely allied to the preceding and has often been con- 

 founded with it. The larva feeds on the leaves of hop, and 

 is sometin pest. 



One of the most abundant of our Deltoids is Pseu* 

 lossa lubr kalis (P lu- 



bri 1 /lis.) In tin' i speci< | F ig. 352; 



the fore wingS are thocolate-bi own, 

 err- ith yellowish lines; the hind 



win much li The palpi 



arc long; but they are curved over 



the head, -.0 that they appear short when seen from above, 

 i in the figure. The larva on grass. 



■ to the Deltoids there is placed a ■ roup of moths 

 which may be called the Similar-win 'nvlcts, from the 

 fact that both pairs of wings are similarly marked by trans- 

 verse lines. The group includes the lai I of our Noctuids. 



The two following species 

 will serve to illustrate this 



Lunate Similar- 

 wing, Ilomoptera lunata 

 (I Io-mop'-te-ra lu-na'ta.) — 

 This is a brownish moth 

 1. with marbled wings. It 



varies greatly in its markings. Figure 353 represents a 



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