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for its deficiency in numbers. Brenthis freija was in good 
condition, and if was not difficult to pick out examples newly 
on the wing, and Mrebia lappona was just beginning to appear. 
My second day was a blank for want of sunshine, but the 
third day was fine, and I was able to secure as many examples as 
I wanted of the species then on the wing. The variation of 
werdandi was much more marked than the year before, several 
males having the dark margin very faintly indicated. In other 
cases the series of oblong marks forming the marginal row was 
very strongly marked and the interspaces filled in with black, 
forming a continuous black marginal band. All degrees could 
be taken between these two forms. 
teindeer were common in the park, and I was a little 
surprised, on stepping through some bushes into the open, to 
find myself amongst a herd of twenty to thirty, the velvet still 
on their immature horns. They each made off in a series of 
graceful bounds as soon as they had recovered from their 
apparent astonishment. 
I left Abisko on the 19th, and went to Bossekop, where I 
arrived on the night of the 22nd—23rd. When sailing north, a 
Danish couple, hearing where | was going, altered their journey. 
Originally intending to go to Vadsg, they had telegraphed for 
rooms at Bossekop. but on nearing their destination a reply was 
received saying there was no place where they could put up, and 
that the people of Bossekop did not want visitors. 
This was rather disconcerting to them because they bad just 
to return by the same boat, and to me also because I had hoped 
to stop at the hotel myself. I was sorry they had not spoken to 
me about it before embarking on the little steamer to Alten. 
When landing I soon picked out Dr. Gjessing, wading about 
amongst the passengers on the fore-deck. He gave me a hurried 
welcome, saying he would ‘think about it.’ No conveyance 
could be got on hire, but, through the influence of the doctor, 
the minister’s gig and pony were forthcoming, which the owner 
—whom i had met the year before—said he was pleased to let 
me have, and Iwas taken to Jgrahl’, where I ultimately got most 
comfortable rooms at a neighbouring farm about 2 a.m. 
I was up betimes, and found the meadow facing the farm one 
of the most productive for Colias hecla—which was then just 
beginning to appear—that I had yet stumbled across. I only 
observed six on that, my first, morning; but next day, on going 
out, 1 got about a dozen in a few minutes, and every day while 
there | commenced operations by taking a short series. 
I got one g unusually strongly washed with violet, and 
another of a canary yellow colour, ab. jéra, n. ab. 
Lrebia polaris was newly out, and I found here very large 
E. lappona (48 mm.) and ab. pollux, Esp., which were also in the 
finest condition. QUneis norna, some very large, were often seen 
ENTOM.— NOVEMBER, 1921. Z 
