The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is from 

 the middle of August to the end of September. 



It feeds on the lime and the elm, as also, it is stated, 

 on the alder, birch, and ash. 



This handsome insect varies in different specimens in 

 having more or less of a brown or green general character 

 as the gronnd colour. The patches on the wings also 

 vary in size, and in some specimens they are different 

 on the opposite side. 



ACHERONTIA ATROPOS. 



DEATH'S-HEAD HAWK-MOTH. 



Plate II. Figure 1. 



THIS insect measures from four inches to five, and even 

 more, across the wings. Male: front wings rich dark 

 blackish brown, with a small yellowish dot near the centre, 

 and a variety of rich fulvous markings. Hind wings deep 

 yellow, or fulvous orange, with a broad dull black band near 

 the lower margin, and a distinct narrow one withinside it. 



Localities for this species are York, Nunburnholme, 

 Sutton-on-Derwent, Huttons Ambo, Pickering, Langwith, 

 Nafferton, Barmston, Huddersfield, Cambridge, Lewes, 

 Bivkenhead, Teignmouth, Leicester, Bristol, Stowmarket, 

 Shrewsbury, Darlington, Epping, Blandford, Burton-on- 

 Trent, Exeter, Worthing, Glasgow, Winchester, Truro, 

 Chelmsford, Brighton, Tenterden , Lyndhurst, Hull, Brigg, 

 Scarborough, Morpeth, Hessle, Edinburgh, Dorchester, 

 Lancaster, Haslemere, Reigate, Merthyr Tydvil, Thanet, 

 Canterbury, Faversham, St. Lawrence, Emsworth, Bolton, 

 Worcester, Carlisle, Halton, Kingsbury, The Land's End, 

 Duddingston, Manchester, Preston, Plymouth, Tooting, 

 Chipping Norton, Morningside, Gwillin Vase and Nangatha 

 Farm near Falmouth, Sudbury, Ipswich, Ely, Newcastle- 

 on-Tyne, Black Park, Warwick, Ventnor, Maidstone, 

 Brentwood, Clonmel, Lewisham, &c., &c. 



The dates of the appearance of the perfect insect are the 

 months of August, September and October. Sept. 28, 30. 



