444 [November, 1889. 



Hesperia comma — in the Romsdale, near Stueflaten, approaching 

 strongly to the var. catena. 



A species of Syrichthus was most certainly seen by me, but not 

 caught, at Eidsvold. 



Of Sphingidce only one was taken by me, at Ormeim, viz., Sesia 

 scoliceformis. I found the flattened remains of a magnificent specimen 

 on the doorstep of the hotel, just an hour or two before leaving, so 

 that it was too late to examine the birch trees for more. It had clearly 

 been mistaken for a wasp, and killed a few minutes before my finding it. 



I saw a Zygcena on the Dovrefjeld, but could not take it. 



Nudaria mundana — very abundant at Hellesylt. 



A species of Setina was seen between Lille Elvdal and Jerkin, but 

 not caught. 



CallimcwpTia jacobcece — Christiania. 

 Spilosoma menthastri — Christiania. 



Hepialus humuli — Jerkin : two male specimens, not differing 

 from our common form. 



Saturnia pavonia-minor — larva found near Christiania. 



Pterostoma palpina — taken near Throndjem. 



There are some Noctuce yet unnamed, so that the list must stop 

 here for the present, but it may be mentioned that at Jerkin I was 

 fortunate enough to take a female Anomogyna Icetabilis. This was 

 named for me by Dr. Staudinger, to whose kindness I am indebted for a 

 male of the same species from Labrador. 



Last year two plume moths were added to my previous list, 

 viz., Platyptilia Zetterstedtii, caught by the Slettafos, and Leioptilus 

 osteodactylus, taken both at Ormeim and at Paleide. Crambibs margari- 

 tsllus was also captured at Sande. 



This list is not as numerous as it ought to have been, for travelling 

 and entomology are sometimes antagonistic forces ; I can, however, 

 fancy no more pleasant holiday to a naturalist than a quiet month at 

 Jerkin, he must not expect to find butterflies as abundant as in the 

 Swiss Alps, but the moths amply make up for their deficiency ; even 

 old friends wear generally new faces, and he will make plenty of new 

 friends also ; indeed, only to watch the numberless light grey forms of 

 Gnophos sordaria flitting over the f jeld in the July evenings is, in 

 itself, worth all the toil of the journey. 



Harborne Koad, Edgbaston : 

 July 16tt, 1889. 



