194 BRITISH LEPIDOPTERA. 



H.-Sch., "Sys. Bearb.," v., p. 88, no. 110 (1854) ; Staud. and Wocke, " Cat.," p. 

 105, no. 1164 (1861) ; 2nd ed., p. 267, no. 1335 (1871); Mann, " Wien. Ent. Monats.," 

 viii., p. 184(1864) ; Now., " Ver. z.-b. Ges.Wien,"xv., abh. 186 (1865); Sta., " Tin. 

 Syr. As. Minor," 33, 76 (1867) ; Hein., " Schrnett. Deutsch. Tin.," 22, no. 6 (1870); 

 Staud., "Hor. Soc, Ent. Ross.," xv., p. 269 (1879); ?Peyer., "Cat. Lep. Als.," 2nd ed., 

 ii., p. 83 (1882) ; Eeutti, "Lep. Bad.," 2nd ed., p. 305 (1898) ; Car., "Iris," xii., 

 p. 196 (1899). Lichenella, [?Dup., " Hist. Nat.," supp. iv., pp. 428-9, no. 562, pi. 84, 

 fig. 8 (1842) ; " Cat. Met.," p. 358 (1846)]; Sta., " Supp. Cat.," app. p. 17 (1851). 

 [? Triquetrella, Gn., " Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr.," 2nd ser., iv., pp. 10-11, 14 (1846).] 

 (Herrieh-Schaffer notes that the lichenella of Fischer von Roslerstamm's collection 

 is referable to this species.) 



Original description. — Solenobiamannii, n.sp. 3 • Capite mediocri 

 villis cinereo-griseis vix incrassato, corpore fuscescenti, griseo-villoso ; 

 alis anterioribus minus rotundatis, griseo-fuscis, confertim canescenti- 

 reticulatis. ? fusca, lana anali sordide exalbida. Talaeporia lichenella, 

 Mann, in litt.; Sta., Supjrt. Cat., p. 17. Vorderfliigel S^-S^'" lang, 

 ein wenig gestreckter als bei clathrella, wegen des weniger einge- 

 driickteh Vorderrandes mit scbwacker kervortretender Fliigelspitze, die 

 aucb etwas zugespitzter ist, mid mit flacherem Hinterrande ; glanzlos, 

 verdiinntgraubraun mit sehr reicklicken,kellen, weisslick-grauen Punk- 

 ten, welche gegen die Fliigelwurzel am meisten von der Grundfarbe 

 verdeckt sind, nacb binten zu aber immer deutlicker werden und ein 

 dichtes Gitter mit feinen Oeffnimgen bilden ; gegen die Spitze bilden 

 sie deutlicbere Querreihen als in der Fliigelmitte. Die Querader ist 

 schwach verdunkelt und bildet einen verloscbenen, wenig merklichen, 

 kurzen Querstrick. Franzen etwas keller als die Grundfarbe. Hinter- 

 fliigel gewoknlick etwas spitzer als bei clathrella, einfarbig licktbraun- 

 lick-grau wie die ganze Unterseite, wo die Vorderfliigel jedock ein 

 wenig dunkler sind (Zeller, Linnaea Entomologica, vii., pp. 316-8). 



Imago. — Anterior wings 15'5mm. in expanse ; dark grey witk paler 

 specklings, finer at tke base, coarser along tke inner and outer margins. 

 Posterior wings and fringes unicolorous grey (two examples in tke 

 series witk muck finer specklings and traces of darker discoidal lunule) 

 [Stainton coll.] . 



Sexual dimorphism. — Tke male witk tke body clear-brown witk 

 brownisk-grey (posteriorly somewkat paler) clotking of kairs, dirty- 

 yellowisk anal tuft. Tke legs pale-brown, scarcely kaired, witk 

 tke tarsi (of 1st pair) wkitisk. Tke fore wings 3J-'" -3 J"' in lengtk, 

 a little more elongated tkan tkose of 8. clathrella, on account of tke less 

 convex costa witk less well- developed apex wkick is, kowever, more 

 pointed ; pale grey-brown in colour, not glossy, witk many clear 

 wkitisk-grey spots, wkick are less distinct at tke base ; tkese form a 

 close lattice witk fine openings. Towards tke apex tkey form more 

 distinct transverse rows tkan in tke centre of tke wing ; tke discoidal 

 lunule slightly darkened, kardly noticeable. Fringes somewhat paler 

 tkan tke ground-colour. Tke kindwings somewkat more pointed tkan 

 tkose of S. clathrella, unicolorous, pale, brownisk-grey in tint. Tke 

 wkole underside is also pale brownisk-grey tke forewings ratker tke 

 darker. Tke female smaller tkan tkat of S. clathrella and is (wken 



triquetrella. Duponchel's S. lichenella (supp. iv., pp. 428, 527, pi. 84, fig. 8) 

 appears to have been sent from Mann (Duponcbel names Parreyss every time 

 instead of Mann), and might belong to this species, but the statement " le fourreau 

 a la forme d'un grain de seigle," does not in any way fit S. mannii, and on account 

 of the " molecules terreuses noiratres," with which the case is covered, Duponchel's 

 species also cannot be referred to my triquetrella (Zeller). 



