Pel tbe CLAVILy, 
PHALMNA SATELLITIA. 
SATELLITE Morn. 
LEPIDOPTERA. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Antennz taper from the bafe. Wings in general deflexed when at 
reft. Fly by night. 
Noétua. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER 
AND 
SYNONYMS. 
Firft wings, exterior margin indented: reddifh brown with feveral 
dark ftreaks acrofs: in the center a yellow fpot between two {maller 
white fpots. Second wings greyifh. 
PHALANA SATELLITIA: cCriftata alis deflexis dentatis brunneis : 
- anticis punto flavo inter punétula duo 
alba. Fab. Spec. Inf. 2. 230. 104. Lin. 
Syft. Nat. 2. 855. 176. 
Reef. Inf. 3. tab. 50. 
NS Lh ee 
The caterpillar of this moth feeds on ee and 
goofeberry-trees, &c. The chryfalis or pupa is enclofedin a {trong 
web of a greyifh colour ; it isof a dark brown colour. ‘The cater= 
pillar is found in June. In July or Auguft, the moth comes forth. 
The upper wings of this moth have a very ftriking characteriftic ; 
that is, the yellowifh lunar mark within two fmall fpots: from this 
chara@ter it has been aptly named Satelliti ; and in Englifh, the Sa- 
tellite Moth. 13 PLATE 
