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This insect is one of doubtful location, perhaps forming 

 the type of a new genus allied to Perittia; for convenience 

 of reference I temporarily place it in that refuge for the 

 destitute- Asychna. 



Mr. Winter took a fine specimen at Woodlands Mann, 

 Kemsing, Kent, in the third week in July, flying in the sun 

 on a chalky bank, clothed with a variety of vegetation, 

 amongst which Origanum vulgare and Helianthemum vul- 

 gare abounded. He looked in vain for more specimens. 

 A specimen has been in Mr. Douglas's collection for some 

 time, but its locality is unknown. The only other specimen 

 I have seen is in the collection of Professor Zeller ; it was 

 taken at Hermsdorf, in July. 



Elachista flavicomella, n. sp. 



Alis anticis brunneis, fascia ante medium tenui obsoleta 

 $ (latiore distinction $), maculis posticis $ suboppositis, 

 ( $ per apicem confluentibus) flavidis ; capiteflamdo, macula 

 fusca. Exp. al. 3| — 4 lin. 



Head, face and palpi yellow, a brown spot on the back of 

 the head in both sexes ; antennae fuscous. Anterior wings 

 brown ; before the middle is a slender, rather oblique yellow- 

 ish fascia, rather indistinct in the male, broad and very dis- 

 tinct in the female; beyond the middle, in the male, are two 

 small spots, one on the inner margin, and the other, rather 

 posterior, on the costa ; the apical portion of the wing in 

 the male is brown, with brownish cilia ; in the female these 

 two spots are continued obliquely to the hinder margin, so 

 that the entire tip is pale yellowish, with pale browish cilia. 

 Posterior wings greyish fuscous, with paler cilia. 



Most nearly allied to Elachista luticomella, but distin- 

 guished by the dark spot on the head ; the male by its 

 smaller size, and the hinder spots more nearly opposite; the 

 female by the extraordinary apical markings. 



