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Rossi and fasciata will probably prove to be varieties of the Euro- 

 pean disa. Ethela Edwards is a synonym of sofia Strecker and the 

 van sine-ocellata Skinner is the brucei of Elwes. 



Vesagus which is found in some of our earlier lists as shown by 

 Strecker is a South American species of Lymanopoda. 



Haydenii Edw. belongs to Coenonympha. 



Erebus odora Linn. The larva and pupa of this species have been 

 described by Dr. Juan Gundlach in his Entomologia Cubana. In a 

 note on odora, (Entom. Amer. v. 3, p. 78) H. T. Fernald gives Ficus 

 trigonata as the food-plant in Jamaica and states that the larva is 

 nocturnal in its habits, hiding in holes in the trunk during the day. 

 Later (Ent. Am. v. 4, p. 36) he corrects this, saying that the larva 

 in question was that of a sphinx. The egg and young larva were de- 

 scribed in the latter article. Hy. Edwards (Bibliographical Cat. p. 

 98, 1888) gives Cassia fistula, Pithecolobium and Saman as food- 

 plants. Odora has been widely recorded from the U. S. and Canada. 



It is not rare in Jamaica, West Indies and Brazil. In Ecuador it is 

 said to occur commonly up to an elevation of 10,000 feet. 



The fact that fresh and newly-emerged specimens are taken at the 

 extremes of its range, would indicate that it breeds, at least occa- 

 sionally, in the north. 



Thysania (Erebus') zenobia is another huge exotic noctuid, even 

 larger than the preceding, which has been found in a number of 

 localities, including Ontario, Iowa, Ohio, and Dr. P. A. Hoy (Can. 

 Ent. v. 9, p. 219) has recorded a 9 from near Racine, Wisconsin. 

 C. R. COOLIDGE. 



Doings of Societies. 



At the meeting of the Feldman Collecting' Social, held April 

 15, 1908, at the residence of Mr. H. W. Wenzel, No. 1523 So. 

 I3th street, Philadelphia, the following were present : Prof. 

 John B. Smith, Dr. D. M. Castle, Messrs. Harbeck, Kaeber, 

 Greene, Laurent, H. W. Wenzel, H. A. Wenzel, Seiss, Schmitz, 

 Viereck, Huntington and Haimbach, also Mr. Flottman, visitor. 

 Vice-President Harbeck in the chair. 



Mr. C. T. Greene was elected to membership. 



Letters were read from Mr. Wm. D. Kearfott of Montclair, 

 N. J. and Dr. Walter Horn of Berlin, Germany, thanking the 

 Social for the Souvenir pamphlets sent them. 



