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"[...] Very near Hernosand, in the territories of the bishopric, I picked up a number of Chrysomelas of a blueish green and gold. (These were the beautiful Chrysomela graminis. See Faun. Suec. n. 509.) The city of Hernosand is situated about half or three quarters of a mile within the borders of the province, standing on an island, accessible to ships on every side, except at Vaerbryggan, where they can scarcely pass. In the heart of the Angermannian forests trees with deciduous leaves, Betula alba and the hoary-leaved[...]".