Land and Freshwater Mollusca 



in 



The Arctic Regions of Norway 



by 



Birgithe Esmark. 



Of late years naturalists have turned their attention', 

 with steadily increasing interest to the arctic regions. The 

 northern parts of Norway have also freqvently been visited; 

 not only Norwegian men of science, but foreigners go north- 

 ward in the short summer time, being sure to find much of 

 interest, and being likely to make discoveries of objects new 

 to science. It is however chiefly the v erte brata, insects and 

 the lower marine animalculæ, that have been the subjects 

 of investigation, while the extra-marine Mollusca until recently 

 were entirely disregarded. 



It is true that some Swedish Zoologists have picked 

 up a shell here and there; the Swedish expedition to Jeni- 

 sei 1875 collected land and freshwater shells on H in dø in 

 Nordland and on Renø a little to the north of Tromsø in 

 Finmarken; Mr. R. Collett of the University of Christiania, 

 has also brought some from his travels. I too have recei- 

 ved a few specimens from friends; but all that has been 

 done, has been done unsyslematically, so to speak in pas« 

 sing by. 



Since Tromsø established its own museum, a few 

 years ago, the superintendent, Mr. Schneider, has made a good 



