part II. 

 MOTHS. 



ACHERONTIA ATROPOS. 



Plate IV.— Fig. 1. 



This is the largest motli found in the Canary Islands, 

 known as the Death's Head, very rarely met with in 

 England. 



It measures from five to six inches in expanse. The 

 ground-colour of the fore-wings is brown, varied with 

 zig-zag lines of whitish yellow and light brown. There 

 is a white dot in the centre of each, and they are 

 dusted all over with minute white dots. The hind- 

 wings are orange, with two black marginal bands on 

 the lower edge. The head is dark brown or black, 

 marked with a pale-brown skull. The body is orange, 

 with a longitudinal band of bluish grey down the centre, 



