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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 
var. 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. 
Haydenit 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 @ from near Racine, Wisconsin.— 
C. R. Coorince. 
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. 
13th 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. 
