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MOTHS TAKEN IN NORWAY, 1898. 

 BY T. A. CHAPMAN, M.D., F.Z.S., AND E. W. L7.0TD, P.E.S. 



The PhalcBTice taken during our Norway excursion do not present 

 many points of interest, but there may be a few items worth noting. 



The Spliingidce were represented by Smerinthus ocellafus and 

 Macroglossa lomhyliformis, taken at Saeterstoen. This portion of 

 Norway possesses thirteen Sphinges, so that in this particular our 

 record was very poor. Nor did we do much more in the Noctuids and 

 others. Euthemonia riissuJa was freqnent, with very broad border to 

 the hind- wings. Acronijcta leporina and auricoma were found seated on 

 trees, and one very large and dark A. menyanthidis. Anarta cordigera 

 was seen flying on the great moor, and Demas coryli seated on birch 

 trunks. Sciapteron tabaniforme was found emerging from an aspen 

 trunk ; both on this tree, and on others where its burrows existed, it 

 appeared to like the bark round injured portions of the trunk. 

 Procris statices was frequent. 



About thirty species of Geometers were taken at Saeterstoen, 

 only about a sixth of the species recorded from this district. lodis 

 putata was not uncommon ; Macaria notata and signaria, Cklaria ser- 

 raria, Scoria deaJhata ; the others were all common British species 

 except Gnoplios dilucidaria. But the prevalence of 3Ielanippe Tias- 

 tata here and at Bossekop, so as to almost be a feature of the land- 

 scape, as one disturbed vacciniums and birches, deserves mention ; 

 at Saeterstoen, the form was an ordinary English one, but at Bossekop 

 the majority were a small dark form, with excess of black markings, 

 such as is more frequent in Scotland. 



At Bossekop a larger proportion of the available species were 

 taken; the only Trochilium recorded from the district— cw//c(/on?2(? — 

 was found at Kaafiord, and the only Zygcena — exulans — occurred 

 everywhere there. 



Setina irrorella, NemeopMla plant aginis, and Phragmatohia fuligi- 

 nosa were met with, N. plantaginis being common, usually of the form 

 hospita, with few black markings, but occasionally an almost English 

 var. occurred. They were very worn. The two recorded Arctias 

 we did not see. 



Saturnia pavonia, from another district of Eiumai-k, was repre- 

 sented by a specimen given to us on board ship ; where also we saw 

 several nice Noctucd taken at sugar by another gentleman, but we are 

 not quite sure of the locality ; he had Sadena rectilinea, H. dentina, 

 one or two very fine forms, an Agrotis, probably speciosa, &c. 



