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GENUS EUPSILIA. 



Eupsilia, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 231 (1822?) 

 Scopelosoma, Curtis, Brit. Ent. xiv. p. 635 (1837); Guenee, 

 Spec. Gen. Lepid. Noct. i. p. 385 (1852). 



This genus resembles the last, but may easily be distinguished 

 by its larger size and dentated wings, with a conspicuous white 

 spot in the middle of the fore-wings. The larva is notorious 

 for its cannibalistic propensities. 



THE SATELLITE. EUPSILIA SATELLITIA. 



Noctua satellitia, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. (ed. xii.), i. (2), p. 855, 



no. 176 (1767) ; Esper, Schmett. iv. (2)1. p. 618, Taf. 169, 



figs. 6-10 (1793?); Hiibner, Eur. Schmett. fig. 182 



(1799?) 

 Noctua transversa^ Hufnagel, Berlin. Mag. iv. p. 418, no. 102 



(1767). 

 Cerastis satellitia, Treitschke, Schmett. Eur. v. (2), p. 414 



(1825). 



Glaa satellitia, Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent. Haust. ii. p. 163 (1829). 

 Scopelosoma satellitia, Curtis, Brit. Ent. xiv. pi. 635 (1837) ; 



Kirby, Eur. Butterflies and Moths, p. 183 (1880); 



Buckler, Larvae of Brit. Lepid. v. pi. 84, fig. i (1893). 



The Satellite is common in most parts of Europe and 

 Siberia. It expands from an inch and a half to an inch and 

 three-quarters. 



It is very variable in colouring, but is most frequently 

 reddish-brown or ferruginous, though occasionally yellowish- 

 brown or greyish-brown specimens are met with. The head 

 and thorax are unicolorous, the latter being crested. The 

 antennae are of the same colour as the thorax, and are dentated 

 in the male, but only notched in the female. The abdomen is 



