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THE STUDY OF INSECTS. 
width in its widest part; it has a narrow subdorsal whitish 
line and a lateral one of the same color. When ready to 
transform it webs together several leaves and passes the pupa 
state in the nest thus made. The adult (Fig. 351) is a blackish- 
brown moth, with an irregular grayish 
shade on the outer half of the fore 
wings, and with very broad hind wings. 
The palpi, which are not well shown in 
Fig. 351 .—Hyjena scabra. the figure, are long, wide, and flat¬ 
tened ; they project horizontally like a snout. 
The Hop-vine Hypena, Hypena /tumuli (H. hu'-mu-li), 
is closely allied to the preceding and has often been con¬ 
founded with it. The larva feeds on the leaves of hop, and 
is sometimes a serious pest. 
One of the most abundant of our Deltoids is Pseu* 
daglossa lubricalis (Pseu-da-glossa lu- 
bri-ca'lis.) In this species (Fig. 352) 
the fore wings are chocolate-brown, 
crossed with yellowish lines; the hind 
wings are much lighter. The palpi 
are long; but they are curved over FlG - lulrt 
the head, so that they appear short when seen from above, 
as represented in the figure. The larva feeds on grass. 
Next to the Deltoids there is placed a group of moths 
which may be called the Similar-winged Owlets, from the 
fact that both pairs of wings are similarly marked by trans¬ 
verse lines. The group includes the largest of our Noctuids. 
The two following species 
will serve to illustrate this 
group. 
The Lunate Similar¬ 
wing, Homoptera lunata 
(Ho-mop'-te-ra lu-na'ta.)— 
This is a brownish moth 
Fig. 353 . — Homoptera lunata. witll marbled wingS. It 
varies greatly in its markings. Figure 353 represents a 
