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SCOPELOSOMA SATELLITIA. 



The Satellites Moth. 



Order Lepidoptera. • Fam. Noctuidas. 



Type of the Genus, Noctua Satellitia Linn. 



ScopELOsoMA Curt. — Glsea Hub., Curt. — Cerastis Och. — Noctua 

 Linn., &c. 



Antennae inserted on each side of the head close to the eyes, se- 

 taceous, the basal joint small, the following clothed with scales 

 above, each joint beneath producing spreading hairs in the 

 male (1) ; and simple bristles in the female. 

 Maxillce very much shorter than the antennae, stout, setaceous 

 and spiral, with long tentacula towards the apex (3). 

 Labial palpi short, scarcely reaching beyond the head, nearly 

 horizontal, very scaly, obtuse, triarticulate (3 a), basal joint the 

 stoutest, sublunate, 2nd the same length, subeUiptic, 3rd small 

 and ovate, perfectly concealed by the scales (4). 

 Head densely clothed with scales, which form a cone on the forehead ; 

 face long : eyes small and lateral : ocelli distinct. Thorax slightly 

 crested in front. Abdomen depressed, nearly linear, the sides mar- 

 gined, with a long tassel of fine yellow hair on each side of the base 

 beneath (A*) ; truncated at the apex in the male, more rounded in 

 the female. Wings incumbent, superior elongated, the posterior 

 margin convex and denticulated ; inferior not large, the cilia slightly 

 denticulated. Thighs short and densely clothed beneath with long 

 hairy scales : tibia;, anterior short with an internal spine, interme- 

 diate spurred at the apex, posterior rather short and stout, spurred 

 at the apex with a pair of spurs, also a little below the middle : 

 tarsi rather stout, especially the anterior ; posterior as long as the 

 tibia, basal joint long, the remainder short. 



LarvEe smooth, cylindric, with 6 pectoral, 8 abdominal and 2 anal feet. 

 Pupa inclosed in a sort of cocoon formed of the earth in which it is 

 buried. 



Satellitia Linn. — Curt. Guide, Gen. 839''. 



Ferruginous-ochre, superior mngs clouded with bright brown, 

 bearing 4 transverse lines, the basal one curved, 2nd waved, 

 3rd angulated, 4th waved and sinuated, between these is an 

 ovate white or orange spot with a minute dot at each extremity, 

 and beyond them a sinuated denticulated striga with a darker 

 shadow inside, and a denticulated line at the base of the cilia : 

 inferior wings fuscous, the cilia ochreous. 



In the Author s and other Cabinets. 



The little group of Noctuse which stands under the name of 

 Glcea, comprises insects so dissimilar that they cannot with 



