THE 



NATURAL HISTORY 



Off 



BRITISH INSECTS 



PLATE CCLXXXIX. 



SPHINX ATROPOS. 

 Death's Head, or Bee Tiger Hawk Moth. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antennze fomewhat prifmforra and thickeft in the middle : tongue 

 exferted : feelers two, reflected : wings defle&ed. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS, 



Win^s entire ; pofterior pair pale yellow, with fufcous bands ; 

 abdomen yellow, with black rings. 



SPHINX AtROPOS : alls integris : pofticis luteis ; fafciis fufcis, 

 abdomine luteo: cingulis nigris. Lin. Syjl. Nat. 2. 

 799. 9.—Muf. Lud. Ulr. 348. 



A 2 Reaum, 



