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HTML

<div class="styled-select">
   <select>
      <option>Here is the first option</option>
      <option>The second option</option>
   </select>
</div>

CSS

.styled-select select {
   background: transparent;
   color: #999;
   width: 268px;
   padding: 5px;
   font-size: 16px;
   line-height: 1;
   border: 0;
   border-radius: 0;
   height: 34px;
   -webkit-appearance: none;
   }

.styled-select {
   width: 240px;
   height: 34px;
   overflow: hidden;
   background: url(http://cdn.bavotasan.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/down_arrow_select.jpg) no-repeat right #ddd;
   border: 1px solid #ccc;
    color: #999;
   }