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THE WANDERING MOTH. 

 I'halaena Errotii. 



PLATE LXXV. 



PlialffiDiv EiTota. 



The wings of this curious insect are black, with 

 a sesquitertious brownish orange baud running from 

 the centre anterior margins of the superior wings 

 across both upper and under ones, and a pale blue 

 macular transverse band about the middle of the 

 inferior wings ; the body is reddish brown, and the 

 antcnnee short and smooth. 



The Wandering Moth inhabits Surinam, where, 

 according to Madam Merian, it is rare. 



