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The absence of Argynnids and Erebias in the neighbourhood 

 of Salonica has ah-eady been commented upon, but the addi- 

 tional information given by Mr. Norton and Mr. Delbanty {loc. cit.) 

 of the district between the Vardar River and Lake Doiran supplies 

 two at least of the missing " Pearl-bordereds " in this direction. 

 Others unobserved or wanting are Sati/rus hermionc, Hipparchia 

 (inthe (?), II. arethusa, Enodia dryas, Pararge mcera (it is surpris- 

 ing not to find this usually common species in the lists), Epi- 

 nephele ida, Civnonympha leander, C. iphis, C. doriis, and Augiades 

 comma. All the above occur in the central Balkan as reported 

 by Prof. Bachmetjew ('HoraB Soc. Buss.,' vol. xxxv, p. 396). 

 Against this we find the following Macedonian butterflies un- 

 recorded for Bulgaria in 1900 {cf. " The Butterflies of Biilgaria," 

 H. J. Elwes, ' Trans. Ent. Soc. London,' 1900) : E. gruneriy 

 G. rhamni, (this seems remarkable), T. acacice, C. thetis, C. otto- 

 manus, T. halkanica, P. argus, L. celtis, C. jasius, E. antiopa, 

 P. tessellum gigas, N. marloyi, G. nostrodamiis. But taking all 

 things into consideration, it is clear that the Lepidoptera of 

 South Macedonia is even less oriental than that of the regions 

 north of the Balkan impinging on the Euxine. Probably when 

 the scene of our Macedonian campaigns is revisited by a new 

 generation of lepidopterists, the many seeming gaps in the 

 catalogue will be filled up, and other species added thereto. 

 For a variety of reasons, chiefly political and polemical, Mace- 

 donia was, until 1916, left severely alone by our pioneer workers. 

 If, as likely, Salonica is destined to become a port and rail-head 

 of the first commercial importance, and peace is really to dawn 

 upon this land of unrest, the time for systematic exploration of 

 the entomological fauna may not be very far distant. 



Harrow Weald ; 1920. 



COLLECTING IN FINMARK, SWEDISH LAPLAND, 

 JEMTLAND, ETC. 



By Albert F. Eosa, M.D. 



It is some years since I first considered the possibility of a 

 journey to Scandinavia, and the project had been gradually 

 gathering strength as the little difiiculties which surrounded the 

 carrying of it out, such as a knowledge of the languages, were 

 slowly cleared up. 



Last spring the abnormal conditions prevailing throughout 

 Europe, especially in the central and eastern areas, again caused 

 me to cast my thoughts towards the north, where one might not 

 unreasonably expect there would be less involvement in the 

 settling up of European troubles. 



Many difficulties not experienced by pre-war travellers 

 immediately presented themselves. A passport was required, 



