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road-side : these were light specimens, but not mueh more so than often 

 happens Then occurred Pteroplioriis fuscodacfylus, two only seen, and 

 one only caught ; and here I may make a digression to state that I have 

 taken many " plumes " in Norway in this and a previous excursion, they 

 are : gonodactylus, Christiania ; ochrodactylus, amongst Achillcea mil- 

 lefolium, both at Christiania and Hamar ; Fischeri, Throndjem and 

 Lille Elvdal ; cosmodactylus, woods at Koppang ; fuscodactylus, Bergen ; 

 tepliradactylus, Eidsvold, amongst Solidago. 



But to return, my next motli was Larentia didymata, of which, 

 during the day, T saw hundreds ; I shall have more to say of this by 

 and by. My first butterfly now appeared, it was Vanessa urticce 

 settled on a hawk-weed near me, a splendid specimen, small and 

 clearly enough of the dark northern toxva, polaris \ I did not take it, 

 for I had not yet mounted my net, not having left the carriage-road ; 

 curiously enough, before leaving home, I had seen two laid up for 

 hibernation, although the weather was at that time intensely hot ; 

 yet, here was one enjoying the sunshine ; that they do live through 

 the intense cold of a northern winter was proved by the fact that 

 when at Jerkin, on the Dovrefjeld, in July, 1885, I used to see an old 

 veteran in one spot every day, his feathers were few, but his life 

 seemed happy ; so also at Storen 1 saw Vanessa comma, evidently a 

 hibernated specimen : clearly my present friend intended to delay his 

 w^inter sleep awhile. Leaving the carriage-road, I followed the foot- 

 path to the Floien, which is an eminence above Bergen, that may be 

 likened to Arthur's Seat, and another butterfly appeared, Erehia 

 JBlandina, ? . She was a very bad specimen, but yet unwilling to be 

 made a martyr to science, for as my net was being mounted she made 

 her escape : this was a very sunny, warm spot, the cliff reflecting the 

 sun's rays ; and I saw another butterfly, Ghionohas Jutta, it settled 

 on a slab of rock as usual, and my net was put fairly over it, but no 

 rock is quite level, and it escaped by the side, and was no more seen. 

 This butterfly was taken by me at Jerkin, in 1885, and its habit was a 

 curious contrast to the swift-flying C. Aello of the Alps. C. Jutta 

 when pursued never flew far, but doubled, and tried to avoid observa- 

 tion by settling with closed wings on a rock, and I have lost more than 

 one before, just as I lost the present specimen ; though I lingered at 

 this warm nook, no more butterflies appeared ; and the only peculiar 

 being which came was a fine fieldfare, seeming to me somewhat 

 strange in August. I Avent onwards, and upwards, and now Cidaria 

 populata began to be commonly seen asleep on the under-side of the 

 bilberry leaves and branches, sometimes making a mistake and 



