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HTML

<select name="hierarchiacal">
<option class="level_1">United States</option>
    <option class="level_2">Hawaii</option>
        <option class="level_3">Kauai</option>
    <option class="level_2">Washington</option>
        <option class="level_3">Seattle</option>
        <option class="level_3">Chelan</option>
</select>

JavaScript

$(document).ready(
function(){
   $('.level_2').each(
        function(){
            $(this).text('----'+$(this).text());
        }
   );

   $('.level_3').each(
        function(){
            $(this).text('---------'+$(this).text());
        }
   );

 }
);