ENTOMOLOGICAL TRAVELS IN NORWAY. / 



unsteadily through the still leafless birch bushes ; I catch it 

 and find I have a $ of Erebia JSmhla, which I had not ex- 

 pected to find so far south (Loiten is a little to the south of 

 61° north latitude). I succeeded in catching only four fresh 

 specimens of this scarce insect, and my other captures were 

 only such species as at the same period of the year are also 

 common in Germany, and so I determined to continue my 

 journey on the next day, in order to neglect nothing on the 

 Dovrefjeld, where indeed I was aware there were other 

 marshes in M^hich EmUa and »7i//?« might also occur. 



Unfortunately this expectation was not fulfilled, and I 

 re^fretted afterwards verv much that I had not remained 

 some days longer at Sigstadt. On my return to Hamar I 

 this time patronised the railway, and then proceeded by the 

 steamboat to Lillehammer at the head of the Mjosen. The 

 following day I carrioled through the green and fiowery plains 

 of the fruitful Gudbrandsdal to the station Braendhaugen, 

 which is already at a considerable elevation, and the distance 

 about twenty German miles ; on the next day, June 2nd, at 

 noon I arrived at last at the Dovrefjeld. I soon settled 

 myself economically at the post-house at Fokstuen, where I 

 remained to the 30th of June ; then I removed to Kongsvold, 

 which is five miles further to the north, where I remained 

 up to the 29th July. 



The Dovrefjeld forms a vast mountain plateau, extending 

 for miles in all directions, which is only bordered on the 

 south-west by a deeply excavated valley, but on the other 

 sides is connected with other Fjelds. The average height of 

 the Fjeld is fi'om 3,000 to 4,000 feet ; its surface shows some 

 rounded rido-es, between which are manv boojs and small 

 lakes. In the north the mountain appears cleft, rugged pre- 

 cipitous rocks border deep abysses partially filled with per- 

 petual snow, from which well forth the supplies of numerous 



