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the 14th of April. They began to fly between five and six 
o'clock p.m.; earlier in the afternoon two or three of them 
were sitting on every oak-trunk. My companion and I were 
much interested in watching the intelligent way in which the 
males sought out the nearly- wingless females. We noticed 
two males rising out of the brushwood, at a distance of at 
least ten yards from where a female was sitting on a branch, 
and going straight to her in a curious, hesitating sort of flight, 
reminding us very much of the manner of a pointer-dog when 
taking up a difficult “scent.” In another instance I was 
looking at a female crawling on a tree, when a male flew off 
another tree at a few yards distance, and, alighting close 
beside her, copulation at once took place. In these and 
other cases the males flew against the wind, and almost in a 
straight line to the females; and we therefore concluded that 
it was the sense of smell, or something very like it, that was 
guiding them. It was certainly not sight.—Robert Service ; 
Maawelltown, Dumfries, N.B., April 20, 1876. 
[Diurnea fagella; the most abundant of spring moths.— 
Edward Newman. | 
W. Thomas.—Asthenia pygm@eana.—l have Asthenia 
pygmzana, my own capture, in my cabinet, and should be 
most happy to show it to you or your correspondent Mr. 
Thomas.— Charles Boden; 127, Tooley Street, April 19, 
1876. 
Does Crocallis elinguaria Hybernate?—Mr. Newman’s 
reply to Mr. E. Holton (Entom. ix. 88) would lead us to 
infer that the larva of Crocallis elinguaria usually does 
hybernate. Is not this a mistake? J never knew an 
instance of this species hybernating in any other than 
the egg state.—Geo. 7. Porritt; Huddersfield, April 4, 
1876. 
Mr. Holton’s notice of the hybernation of Cro- 
callis elinguaria in the egg state (Entom. ix. 88) is in strict 
conformity with my experience of that species. 1 have bred 
the species four years from eggs deposited by captured 
females. I have invariably found them hybernate in that 
state, and commence hatching the last week in February. 
The hatching generally extends over a period of from three 
to four weeks.— Thos. H. Hedworth; Dunston, Gateshead, 
March 9, 1876. 
