316 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



veins three and four, and opposite tliis a greyish brown streak 

 extends to antemedial Hne. Hind wings white freckled with 

 brownish ; antemedial line greyish brown, broad, and nearly straight ; 

 postmedial line greyish brown, curved towards dorsum, tapered 

 towards, but not extending to, costa ; subterminal line w4iite, shaded 

 with greyish brown, deeply angled outwards about middle. Fringes 

 greyish brown, paler between the veins, except towards apex of fore 

 wings, preceded by black wavy line. Under side white, costal area 

 of all the wings tinged with ochreous ; fore wings flecked with brown 

 on costa and clouded with blackish on basal third ; outer third black, 

 enclosing a white spot about middle ; transverse lines as above, but 

 faint, as also are those of the hind wings ; all the wings have the 

 black discal mark most conspicuous on under side. 

 Expanse, 49 millim. 



Collection number, 793. 



One female specimen from Arizan (7500 ft.), September, 1906. 



Allied to A. trikotaria, Feld. 



Aids argillacearia, sp. n. 



(? . Fore wings pale ochreous brown, central area limited by the 

 transverse lines, paler, almost white ; basal and outer areas mottled 

 with blackish ; antemedial line black, slender, nearly straight ; discal 

 mark linear, black, placed on the inner edge of a black mottled brown 

 cloud ; postmedial line black, incurved below costa, black points on 

 its outer edge ; subterminal line whitish, wavy, indistinct. Hind 

 wings pale ochreous brown, whiter towards base, freckled with 

 darker ; the only distinct markings are a brownish discal dot, a 

 brownish postmedial line not extending to costa, and some brown 

 clouds on outer area. Under side similar to above, but fainter. 



Expanse, 46 millim. 



Collection number, 1570. 



A male specimen from Arizan (7300 ft.), August, 1908. 



BY THE WAY. 



The season is over ! And how remarkable a one has the 

 present season been — the brilliancy of May giving way to a 

 short cool snap in June when " things " should have been 

 abroad in their greatest numbers, and then the incessant heat 

 thence till a week or so ago ! At first the high temperature was 

 most beneficial for collecting, but towards the end of July 

 herbage began to flag in the continued drought, and in August 

 the New Forest was badly burnt up by the sun, which was no 

 less felt on the coast than inland ; far fewer insects were to be 

 met with at Southwold in September than in the cold and rainy 

 corresponding period of last year. 



