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owing to the state of the specimen, could not be determine 
ed. 
Tlie mosquitoes mentioned by Captain Scoresby, were 
probably the Culcx pipiens, Lin., or Gnat, which Fabric 
cius and Gicscke enumerate amongst the insects of Green¬ 
land. The Honey Bee seen by Captain Scoresby, may 
have been the Apis alpinus. Lin,, concerning which Fabri- 
cius remarks, “ Habitat passim, in sinubus frequentior, 
mel suum ex plantis sedqlo sub stridore colligens, in f'anos 
suos subterraneos, ubi hibernat. Greenland} mel suis in, 
uentum fugere solent, ncc tamen magni liabcnt.'’ 
My friend and pupil Mr James Wilson, also examined 
the insects, anti added the following interesting notes. No. 1. 
is clearly the Papilio Palana of Linna-us, called Le Solitaire 
by the French. It is found in France, Germany, and Swe¬ 
den. I do not know whether it has yet occurred in Bri¬ 
tain ; but its most nearly allied species, the P. edusa, 
(common in Spain), is figured by Donovan as an English 
insect. It belongs to the section Danai candidi; and, 
like many of these, is subject to a considerable range in the 
shade of its colouring. Yellow is the prevailing and cha¬ 
racteristic colour; but in some it admits of a shade of 
green; in others, of a tinge of orange. This interesting 
Greenland specimen belongs to the latter variety. The 
dark band which marks the exterior margins of the wings, 
is likewise known to vary from black to brown. This band 
is sometimes entire, and sometimes clouded or broken. I 
mention these particulars, to show that there is no reason 
for ranking the specimen in question as a distinct species, 
merely because it may not tally in every particular with 
the individuals preserved in other cabinets. 
“ Le papillon soufre” (P. Pa.la.no Lin., Fair.) says La¬ 
ud lie, “ est d’un jaunc pale ; la bordurc brunc dcs ailcs est 
