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Eetnrning to the subject of Iceland, Dr. Walker said that 

 last year he had only seen Hclophihis jicndulKs / on the 

 east and west coasts of the island ; he had now also to 

 report it from Akureyri in the north and from Eeykjavik, 

 where it and Creophilus jiikxIUoshs were far more plentiful 

 than his experience of these two species in 1889 led him 

 to expect. He considered the best localities for Coleo- 

 ptera in Iceland, beyond all doubt, to be Eeykjavik, Flatey 

 Island off the west coast, and Akureyri and the coast-road 

 leading from that place to Oddeyri. He said he had been 

 led to visit Iceland at an earlier date this year than last 

 year in the belief that he would thus meet with other species 

 of insects. To some extent his anticipations had been 

 fulfilled, for he had captured several specimens of Mdanippe 

 thulearia, which Dr. Mason — who had proceeded to Iceland 

 a fortnight before him in 1889 — had also taken ; and he had 

 now three new localities on the west coast for that species, 

 namely Stykkisholmur, Dyrefjordr, and Patriksfjordr. It 

 was a late season, and moths proved correspondingly 

 late and scarce on his first arrival. From the Avintry 

 weather reported to him as having prevailed at Eeykjavik, 

 and his experience of the bitter cold in his first voyage 

 round the island, he feared that he should meet with very 

 indifferent success, but his fortune proved better as the 

 season advanced. Crymodcs exidis was by far the commonest 

 of the Noctuas, and Coremia nnmitata of the Geometridaj, of 

 which last-named species he had taken the reddish variety. 

 This type, however, though of frequent occurrence in Scotland, 

 is rare in Iceland. He said that Charaas tjraminis had been 

 taken for the first time on the north coast, but, as on the 

 west, only very sparingly. Noctxia conflua proved much the 

 commonest Noctua last year, but though taken this year 

 was not nearly so plentiful as Crymudcs exulis. This was to 

 be accounted for by its later appearance. Dr. Walker like- 

 wise gave an account of his visit to the Westmann Isles, and 

 mentioned that he believed he was the first who over collected 

 on that group. He enumerated his captures of Diptera and 

 Coleoptera there, and said he found these islands quite as good 

 places for collecting insects as any spots on the mainland. 



