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bristle. The legs are barred with black and white, 

 and thickly clothed with fawn-coloured masses of 

 furry down. With bright orange under wings and a 

 portly body of pale blue and orange, my readers can 

 believe my new acquisition is indeed a rich piece of 

 colouring. 



DEATH'S HEAD MOTH AND LARVA. 



The singular mark upon the thorax from which 

 the moth derives its name indistinctly resembles a 

 human skull ; an unfortunate fact for the insect itself, 

 as in olden days it was looked upon as a weird 

 forerunner of all kinds of evil, and its also possessing 

 the power of emitting a low squeaking sound was 

 sufficient to raise up a host of superstitious fears in 

 the minds of ignorant people who persecuted and 



