THE 



NATURAL HISTORY 



OF 



BRITISH INSECTS. 



PLATE CCLXXXIX. 



SPHINX ATROPOS. 



Death Head, or Bee Tiger Moth. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antenna thickeft in the middle. Wings deflexed, the outer margin 

 declining towards the fides. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



STNONTMS. 



Wings entire ; pofterior pair yellow, barred acrofs with brown. 

 Abdomen yellow, with black rings. 



Sphinx Atropos : alis integris : pofticis lutein ; fafciis fufcis, ab- 

 domine luteo : cingulis nigris. Lin. Syji. Nat. 2. 

 799. ().—Muf. Lud. Ulr. 348. 



A 2 Reaunti 



