226 REY. F. A. WALKER, D.D.,F.L.S., ETC., 
Festuca rub. Botrych. lun. 
» rub. @ arenar. Ophioglossum vulg. 
» ovina. Asplen. trich. 
* ovina 8 vivip. a ee BeDLelE. 
3 duriuse. 
»  elatior. Marsilleacee. 
_ 95  fluit. Isoetes lacustris. 
Elymus arenar. 
Triticum rep. Lycopodiacee. 
can 
” J j 
Anthoxanthum ardor. Lye 9 pommanae aa 
3 selago. 
Filices Pe complan. 
Polypodium vulg. ” alp. 
Phegop . 
” A Equisetacee. 
Bs ilven. , 4 s 
dryop. Equisetum arv. 
Aspidium lonchitis. ” B alp. 
a" filis mas. ” sylyv. 
»  filis foem. »  palus. 
a frag. ” fluviat. 
oF thelyp. ” limos. 
Pteris crispa. »” hyemale. 
Part Il.—Entomology of Iceland. 
The earliest information that we possess, in all probability, 
concerniug the entomology of Iceland is to be found ina 
work of the date of 1772, comprising two quarto volumes, 
and bearing the title of Kagert Olassens og Braine Povelsens 
Reise igiennen Island. It is a very scarce book, and was, I 
believe, published in Copenhagen. I am also given to under- 
stand that it has been much referred to and drawn on by 
more modern writers on Iceland. ‘There is a copy of it in 
the Royal Library at Copenhagen, and the naval authorities 
are obliged by law to have a copy on board on the periodical 
voyages s of the steamers to Iceland. Through the kindness 
in thas respect, as in other instances, of Commander Hov- 
eaard (who is a man of some mark, having been Norden- 
skjold’s lieutenant on board the “ Vega,” at the exploration 
of the N.E. passage), I was enabled to refer to this work in 
the cabin of the Danish steamship “ Thyra,” as we coasted 
round the island. For the benefit of fe as have not seen 
it, | may be allowed to state that in addition to the history 
and antiquities, &c., of the country, it apparently deals with 
all orders of natural history, and has been intended to do for 
