In this paper, we report the results of detailed studies on Mn and Cu substitution to Fe site of -FeSe, namely, Mn x Fe 1−x Se 1−␦ and Cu x Fe 1−x Se 1−␦ ͑␦ equals to 0.03-0.05 based on our neutron-diffraction refinements͒. The results show that with only 10 at. % Cu doping the compound becomes a Mott insulator. Detailed temperature-dependent structural analyses of these Mn-and Cu-substituted compounds show that the structural transition, which is associated with the changes in the building block FeSe 4 tetrahedron, is essential to the occurrence of superconductivity in -FeSe.