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Darlington, lately sent me, for examination, a Gelechia 

 which he was unable to determine. The insect in question 

 appears to be altogether new ; it has relations with Desertelia 

 and Senectella, but is essentially distinguished by the total 

 absence of spot or marking. 



" Mr. Eales met with it on the bank of the railway, about 

 two miles from Darlington. I would propose for it the name 

 of Intammatella.'' — H. T. Stainton, January 25thf 1860. 



There is not much that can be added to the above ; the 

 anterior wings are more pointed than in G. Desertelia, and 

 they have a more irrorated appearance than in any of the 

 allied species, but there is no vestige of a paler hinder fascia, 

 nor of the discoidal spots. 



Gelechia? osseella, n. sp. 



Last year Mr. Wilkinson, of Scarborough, sent me some 

 insects for examination ; amongst them was one which I could 

 not name, and, as it does not appear to be anywhere described, 

 I have suggested the above designation. But it is not a true 

 Gelechia, as the palpi are short and rather drooping, but it 

 has trapezoidal hind wings, and hence it accords with no 

 known genus. It is an inconspicuous insect, and might 

 readily be mistaken, at a casual glance, for Elacliuta riifo- 

 c'merea. 



Mr. Wilkinson found them freely on the wing, in the hot 

 sunshine, the first week in June, in Yedmandale and Forge 

 Yalley, near Scarborough. 



The anterior wings are bone-coloured, with a fiiint ochreous 

 tinge, and indistinctly clouded with greyish along the costa 

 and hind margin. The posteiior wings are grey. 



Exp. al. oh lin. 



It is possible that bred specimens of this insect may fur- 

 nisli more tangible characters than can be obtained from these 

 caught specimens. 



