74) [March, 



including a trip to the Hardanger, I saw exceedingly few insects of 

 any kind ; possibly from a much cooler and more cloudy condition of 

 the weather. AVhile in Christiania, I paid a visit to the Eoyal Uui- 

 versity Museum, and was fortunate enough to make the acquaintance 

 of Mr. "W. M. Schoyen, the Conservator of the Zoological Department, 

 who kindly gave me a good deal of information as to the best localities 

 for many Norwegian Coleopiera and Lepidoptera. Mr. Schoyen sub- 

 sequently furnished me with an amended list of the Norwegian 

 HJiopalocera, which is inserted below ; it includes 93 species. Ento- 

 mologists who intend making any stay in Norway would do well to 

 inspect the extensive collection of Norwegian Lepidoptera in the 

 University Museum, the specimens being all carefully labelled as to 

 locality, &c., before starting for whatever part they intend to visit. 

 The following notes on the Coleoptera and Ziefidoptera add very little 

 of importance to Siebke's Enumeratio Insectorum Norvegicorum [fasc. 

 ii, pp. 61 — 334), Coleoptera (1875), and fasc. iii, Lepidoptera (1S76), 

 the latter edited by Schneider] ; they are ^\ritten merely to give some 

 idea of the Norwegian fauna, and in the hope that they may induce 

 more British Entomologists to visit the country. I can cordially re-echo 

 Dr. Jordan's concluding remarks {cf. xxv, p. 444) as to the pleasure 

 to be derived from a stay at Jerkin, in the Dovrefjeld ; but 1 would 

 by no means recommend the route he appears to take, viz., train from 

 Christiania to Lille Elvedal and thence by road to Jerkin. The route 

 via Eidsvold, Lillehammer, and the Gudbraudsdal, though consider- 

 ably longer and involving much more driving, is infinitely preferable, 

 if the time can be spared. Of the comfortable " stations," and the 

 moderate charges in the Gudbraudsdal, I need not speak here. 



The following are the most noteworthy Coleoptera captured ; 

 marked thus * not Bi-itish. 



Cicindela sylvatica, Linn., Toftemoen. Carahus catenulatus, Scop., Jerkin ; 

 Dovrefjeld examples resemble the small variety found in the highlands of Scotland. 

 C. glabratus, Payk., Jerkin. Ct/mindis vaporariorum, Linn., Jerkin. Kebria 

 Gyllenhali, Schonh., Jerkin. Patrobus septentriunis, Dej., Kongsvold and Jerkin. 

 F. assimllis, Chaud., Kongsvokl, Jerkin, and Stuetlaaten. Amara alpina, Fabr., 

 Jerkin and Kongsvold ; numerous examples. This is one of the commonest species 

 of Carabida in the Dovrefjeld ; most of the specimens captured have a broad longi- 

 tudinal reddish patch on each elytron. A. Queiiseli, Schonh., Domaas ; not rare, 

 under stones, at an elevation of about 2000 feet ; Norwegian examples do not differ 

 from others found by myself at Braemar, and on the Eggisch-horn, Switzerland. A. 

 brunnea, Gryll.,* Jerkin, one example. Pterostickus /e/>ic?MS, Fabr., Domaas. Hydro- 

 porns lapponum, Gyll.,* high ground above Domaas, at about 4000 feet elevation ; a 

 few examples. R.melanocephalus,Gry\\.,'Dom«L&9. iZ. wiyriYa, Fabr., Jerkin. Ilybius 

 angustior, Gyll., high ground above Domaas. Rhantus bistriatus, Bergstr., Jerkin. 



