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with yellowish huff patch as above, on fore wings ; whitish, freckled 

 witli brown chiefly on costal area, black cliscoidal spot, and blackish 

 somewhat interrupted postmedial line, on the hind wings. 

 Expanse, 40 millim. 



One male specimen from Arizan. 



NOCTUID^. 



Trachea suhfasca, sp. n. 



(? . Fore wings greyish brown, suffused with fuscous ; four pale 

 brown dots on costa towards apex ; orbicular and reniform stigmata 

 hardly paler than the general colour, partly outlined in black, space 

 between them blackish ; antemedial line black, sinuous, indistinct 

 towards dorsum ; postmedial line black, dentate, curved round end of 

 cell, outwardly edged with pale brown ; veins marked with black on 

 terminal area ; subterminal line pale brown, fairly distinct on costa, 

 continuation indicated by dots on the veins. Hind wings pale brown, 

 suffused with blackish, fringes paler. Under side pale brown, 

 powdered with darker, chiefly on fore wings and outer area of hind 

 wings ; a dusky postmedial line on all wings, and a blackish discoidal 

 spot on hind wings ; four pale brown marks on costa of fore wings 

 beyond postmedial. 



2 . Similar to the male, except that the antemedial line is more 

 distinct. 



Expanse, <? 46 millim. ; ? 48 miUim. 



One example of each sex from Kansbirei ; male, August 14th, 

 1907 ; female, August 17th, 1905. 



NOTES ON THE BEITISH MOSQUITOS (CULICIN^). 

 By F. W. Edwards, B.A., F.E.S. 



(Published by Permission of the Trustees of the British Museum.) 

 (Concluded from p. 220.) 



Genus 3. Aedes. 



A. cinereus, Mg. — Scales of bead broad and flat, except for a 

 patch of narrow ones behind, extending in front in a narrow 

 median area to the eyes. Scales yellowish, but two patches of 

 black ones, variable in size. Thorax reddish, clothed with 

 golden-brown scales. Abdomen blackish-brown above, sides 

 and venter pale ochreous. Legs and wings with dark brown 

 scales, femora pale bene^ith. Average length, 5 mm. 



Probably fairly common. I have seen specimens from 

 Wicken, Chippenham, and Baitsbite (Cambs) ; New Forest ; 

 Bournemouth ; Studland (Dorset) ; Crymlin Bog (Glamorgan) ; 

 Ormesby (Norfolk). Mr. J. E. Collin has it from Tuddenham 

 (Suffolk) and Edinburgh. 



