22 A JOURNEY TO FINMARK. 



flies. Finmark appeared to us comparatively poor in Cole- 

 optera, of which we did not find 100 species, although, next 

 to the Lepidoptei'a, we sought for them most attentively. 

 Yet our investigations in this order were not in the least pro- 

 portionate, and I believe that a skilful collector of Coleoptera 

 would be able to find as many more species of beetles in Fin- 

 mark. It is remarkable that we found two large species of 

 CarahuSj one even up above on the Fjelds. I certainly hope that 

 eventually a more precise catalogue of the insects found by us, 

 belonging to the above-named orders, will appear, since Dr. 

 Schneider, of Breslau, has already been so kind as to under- 

 take the determination of the Neuroptera and Coleoptera. 



If we now turn to the Lepidoptera of Finmark, the num- 

 ber of species found by us may be considered comparatively 

 large, since from Finmark alone we brought back 200 spe- 

 cies. Of these — 



24 are Rhopalocera, 



1 Zycjcena, 



3 Bomhycinay 

 21 Noctuinaj 



35 Geometrnna, 



17 Pyralidina and Cramlina, 



36 Tortricina, 

 57 Tineina, and 



2 Pterophovina. 



With the exception of five species {Melitcea Pa7'thenie, 

 Bkh., Chionobas Taygete, Hbr., C. Bo^'e, Esp., Plusia 

 Parilis, Hb., from Kautokeino, and Endj^osis Lacteella, Sc, 

 from Hammerfest), all were found in the Alten district, and 

 within a radius of 9 — 14 English miles from Bossekop. Our 

 collection would certainly have been richer had we had more 

 favourable weather, such as to have permitted of our making 

 longer excursions. It is indeed palpable that we did not 



