292 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Testacea (PL VII., fig. 6). New Species (PI. VII., fig. 5). 



Harpe angulated, without corona, Harpe angulated, without corona, 



apex rounded. apex bluntly pointed. 



Clavus angulated to a point, Clavus roughly rounded, smooth, 



densely clothed withsliort hairs. with a/ew scattered hairs. 



Uncus cygnated. Uncus cygnated, larger than tes- 

 tacea. 



-^dceagus scobinated, with four ^doeagus scobinated, with a 



rows of teeth at the junction of double line of teeth rising from 



the vesica, these narrow to two the junction of the vesica to- 



rows along the vesica, then ex- wards its opening. 



tend in a double line towards 



the opening. 



Vesica with a number of small Vesica with a number of cornuti 



cornuti. larger than testacea. 



" I have therefore no hesitation in pronouncing these light 

 specimens to be absolutely distinct, and apparently constant. 

 Whether they are identical with the Luperina nickerlii of Freyer 

 or not I am at present unable to say, as I have so far failed 

 to obtain specimens of this species for examination." — F. N. 

 Pierce. 



Since the above report was communicated, Mr. Pierce has 

 obtained a pair of nickerlii from Messrs. Watkins and Doncaster. 

 I also sent him a male specimen from Bohemia that I received, 

 together with an example of the female, from Hermann EoUe, of 

 Berlin. I, too, have a male specimen through the same source 

 as Mr. Pierce. 



Examination of the genitalia is not yet complete, but so far 

 as it has gone Mr. Pierce has decided that 7iickerlii is not the 

 same species as the Lancashire Luperina, and he is further of 

 opinion that nickerlii, as represented by the specimens he has, 

 may prove to be a form of L. testacea. L. gueneei then will stand 

 as a distinct species, and the status of nickerlii must await the 

 result of further examination. In the meantime I present, on 

 Plate VII., figures of two of the nickerlii that I have. Fig. 2 

 represents a male which was in an old collection in Vienna, and 

 was originally taken by Herr Nicker 1, in the neighbourhood of 

 Prague, about fifty years ago. Fig. 1 shows a female specimen 

 from Bohemia. The ground colour of all the specimens is 

 brownish grey suffused with deeper brown ; this suffusion is 

 deeper in the male figured than in the female. The male sent 

 to Mr. Pierce agrees in colour with the female figured. 



Concerning the distribution of nickerlii very little is known ; 

 it has been recorded from Germany and South France, but its 

 home seems to be in Bohemia. L. gueneei appears to be almost 

 exclusively British. 



