LEPIDOPTERA OF NORWAY. 37 
With regard to the Flora of the neighbourhood, there is an 
abundant undergrowth of such plants as Campanula latifolia, 
Viola tricolor, Matricaria inodora, Geranium sylvaticum. two or 
three species of Hieracium, Rhinanthus crista-galli, Galeopsis 
versicolor, one or two kinds of Stachys, Ranunculus acris, and the 
bilberry and dwarf juniper everywhere. Other plants that may 
be enumerated are the wild strawberry, Orchis maculata, Hrio- 
phorum, Saxifraga pyramidalis (locally known as the bride’s flower 
here), S. stellaris, S. nivalis, Rubus chamemorus, Melampyrum, 
and Aconitum napellus. Certain of these last only occur, or at 
least are met with more abundantly, at a considerable elevation 
on the mountain side, and close to the snow range. 
As regards Entomology, diurnal Lepidoptera are by no means 
numerous. Pieride are only represented by Pieris brassicae, not, 
however, plentiful, and one or two specimens of P. rape. Vanes- 
side by one solitary specimen of V. cardut, and only two or three 
specimens of V. urtice. There are, however, numbers of the 
larve of the latter kind feeding. There are three species of 
Erebia; of these by far the commonest is E. ligea, found from 
an elevation of about 1400 to 2000 ft., and especially in the 
neighbourhood of the birch copses, the buttercup and hawkweed 
being the flowers that it chiefly affected. Quite the best locality 
for this kind proved to be a succession of two or three meadows 
situate about five miles from Roldal, at the foot of the ascent to 
Haukalid Sceter, and boggy in places; and the same remark 
applies to the occurrence of Argynnis pales and var. lapponica. 
The second species of EHrebia, but occurring very sparingly in 
comparison of FE. ligea, is E. medusa var.; and the third kind, EF. 
lappona, alias manto, with grey under side of lower wings and 
smaller ocelli on upper wings, only found close to the snow range 
at an elevation of nearly 4000 ft. on the Sceter, and at 3000 ft. on 
Haarre Mountain, but never lower than the last-named elevation. 
Twelve specimens of this last butterfly were captured. Its scarcity 
(alluded to in Mr. Norris’s ‘“‘Notes on Butterflies from the 
Apennines” [Entom. 277]) is in part to be accounted for owing 
to the storms of wind and rain so frequently prevailing on the 
cloud-capped heights where, alone, it is to be found; while for 
other butterflies all was sunshine in the vicinity of Roldal Lake 
beneath. One or two specimens of Argynnis aglaia were seen 
daily, and occasionally more, and this species apparently increased 
in frequency towards the close of July. Three other species of 
Argynnis were also captured, namely, A. pales var. lapponica, no, 
and euphrosyne; pales and lapponica proving very abundant, and 
far outnumbering the two latter kinds. Melitea cinzia was fairly 
common at the beginning of July, but faded and worn, in this 
respect furnishing a marked contrast to the specimens of the same 
butterfly that I took at Granadain May. To all appearance it 
had quite disappeared before the end of July. Of S. mera I suc- 
