Donovan has confounded this species with the Linnæan Pap. Pyrrhus, although Drury had previously pointed out the diversity of the two species.
PLATE III.
EREBUS ODORA.
Plate [III]. fig. 1.
Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Nocturna. Family: Noctuidæ.
Genus. Erebus, Latr. Thysania, Dalm. Noctua, Fabr. Phalæna (Attacus), Linn. Drury.
Erebus Odora. Alis dentatis fuscis, nigro undatis, anticis ocello atro auriformi fulvo marginato; posticis sesquialtero. (Expans. Alar. 7½ unc.)
Syn. Phalæna (Attacus) Odora, Linn. Syst. Nat. 2. p. 811. No. 11. Sloan. Jam. 2. t. 236. f. 13. 14. Noctua Odora, Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 2. p. 10. No. 8. Gmelin, Linn., S. N. 2529. 11. Cramer, Ins. tab. 169. fig. A. B. Oliv. Enc. Méth. 8. 252. 7.
Habitat: Jamaica, Antigua, and other West Indian Islands (Drury). Surinam (Fabricius).