182 BEITISH LEPIDOPTEEA. 



Dr. Mason has submitted to us an undoubted male specimen of S. 

 clathrella which he thinks must have been taken by Sang in Durham. 

 One hesitates, however, to introduce the species as British on such 

 uncertain evidence as this. At the same time, there is so much possi- 

 bility that other species than those already described as British are 

 native that we have no hesitation in giving a short account of the 

 described Palasaretic species. It may possibly lead to the discovery 

 of other species in our Islands. 



Solenobia nickeelii, Heinemami. 



Synonymy. — Species : Nickerlii, Hein., " Schmett. Deutsch. Tin.," p. 25 (1870); 

 Snell., "De Vlinders," &c, p. 445, footnote (1882) ; [? Walsm., "Ent. Mo. Mag.," 

 xxxiii., p. 129 (1897)]. Compicuella, Nick., in litt., teste Hein., "Schmett. 

 Deutsch.," p. 24 (1870). [? Triquetrella, Barr., "Ent. Mo. Mag.," xxxiii., p. 127 

 (1897).] 



Original description. — Whether the species which Nickerl finds at 

 Prague and sends out as 8. compicuella belongs to S. ivockii appears 

 doubtful. The forewings are narrower (three times as long as broad), 

 brighter and cleaner grey, the costa at the base only weakly curved, the 

 outer margin shorter. It cannot be referred to 8. inconsjricuella, the 

 latter species having much more pointed forewings and closer reticula- 

 tion, 8. compicuella has the posterior half of the middle cell of the 

 hindwings somewhat longer than the anterior, and nervules four and 

 five originate from a point. The case is like that of 8. icoekii, but 

 blackish-grey in colour. According to its case, a female from Bruns- 

 wick belongs here ; this is 1-J'" in length, dark brown, with blackish 

 head and thorax. I also refer to this species two males from this 

 district. Should its specific distinctness be established, I propose for 

 it the name of nickerlii (Heinemann). [Snellen suspects (De Vlinders 

 Sec, p. 445) that nickerlii may be inconspicuelld] . 



Solenobia nickeelii possibly a British species. — Logan's three 

 female Solenobiae and cases from the Pentlands, appear to agree with 

 a species sent by Kebel as inconspicuclla. The case is identical and the 

 female has the same olive shade. They are not S. incompicuella and 

 they are not 8. triquetrella, but are probably nickerlii, Hein., which he 

 rightly differentiates from 8. xvockii, as well as from 8. incompicuella. 

 The case of 8. triquetrella is less triangular and apparently always 

 roughened at the end of that of the female, and more or less all over 

 in that of the male (Walsingham) . 



Solenobia wockii, Heinemann. 



Synonymy. — Species: Wockii, Hein., "Schmett. Deutsch. Tin.," pp. 24-25 

 (1870); Staud. and Wocke, "Cat.," p. 267, no. 1340(1871); Wocke, "Zts. Ent. 

 Bresl.," 1874, p. 42, no. 1340; Hartmn., " Mitt. Munch. Ent. Ver.," iii., p. 196, 

 no. 1340 (1879); Sorhg., " Die Kleinschmett. Brand.," p. 326, no. 4 (1886) ; Barr., 

 " Ent. Mo. Mag.," xxxi., pp. 163-4, in part, excl. Angl. (1895) ; [? Drnt., "Ent. Mo. 

 Mag.," xxxiii., p. 220, an n. sp. (1897)]. ? Inconspicuella, ZelL, " Stett. Ent. Zeit.," 

 xxxix., p. 117 (1878) ; ?Frey, " Lep. der Schweiz," p. 335 (1880). Wockei, Beutti, 

 "Lep. Bad.," 2nd ed., p. 305, no. 1108 (1898). 



Original description.' — Solenobia wockii. Vorderflugel breit, mit 

 runder Spitze, gelblich weissgrau, deutlich braungrau gegittert, mit 

 dunklern Flecken am Querast und Saume, und einfarbigen Franzen, 

 der Kopf klein, staubgrau behaart. 2J-2fl. 5 gelbbraun, mit 

 schneeweisser Afterwolle. 21. (Heinemann, Die Schmetterlinge Deutsch- 

 lanch Sec, p. 24). 



Imago. — Head small, with dust-grey hairs. Anterior wings rather 



