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THE STUDY OF INSECTS . 
The Hooded Owlets, Cucullia (Cu-cul'li-a).—We have 
several common grayish moths, in which the fore wings are 
marked with numerous irregular dashes of dark color, and 
in which the thorax is furnished 
with a prominent tuft of scales. 
These moths belong to the genus 
Cucullia . Figure 362 represents 
Cucullia spcyeri (C. spey'er-i). 
These insects evidently have 
Fig 362. —Cucullia sfitytri. 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 
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, A mphipyra pyramidoides 
(Am-phip'y-ra pyr-a-mi-d oi'd es). 
Fig. 364 .—Amphipyrit Pyramidoides. - The fore Wl’ngS of this moth 
(Fig. 364) are dark brown, shaded with paler brown, and 
with dots and wavy lines of a glassy gray or dull whitish 
Fig. 363 .—Scoleopteryx libatrix. 
