158 BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS 



The crude green of the under side prevents 

 its being mistaken for any other butterfly. 

 It frequents the edges of woods, and, on 

 account of its dull colouring, may easily be 

 overlooked. 



The group of Moths is a very numerous 

 one, and it is my intention to mention only 

 selected specimens representing important 

 sections. I shall pass over the hawkmoths, 

 so called from the shape of their wings, 

 although these include the largest British 

 member of the Lepidoptera the Death's- 

 head moth (Acherontia atropos). This large 

 insect measures five or six inches across the 

 wings, and bears on its thorax what resembles 

 a representation of a skull. The moth is 

 never common, but there are few parts of 

 the kingdom in which a specimen does not 

 occur from time to time. A figure of it 

 would be too large for my plates, and I have 

 thought it better to confine my remarks to 

 species of a smaller size, which are more 

 widely distributed. 



The species of a large and important 

 section are known to British collectors as 

 1 Tigers.' This is not, as in the. case of the 



