The Nuptial Flight 137 
TABLE No. 4 
HOURS OF FLIGHT, CYNTHIA MOTHS 
M. A.M. 
4 eo. 1 o1-S 
% 2/8/8/8|/8/8le 
= | SS be ees Set ie Oe et eee 
z at olo] 9] ols |e] oi] 8 it ole 61 6461 o7.6.1-5 
oo af ee eS colo colo PS Oe oie we tant oe ace = - 3 - 3 
ms Si81|S 1812) 2/2182] Sissi Sts g 213 
SES ElE/E/E/SlSlSlSlS fal Zl 2] Sl 212] Sis] slé 
l 3) 114 
; bey # 
: i 
4 . i 1 
é i 1 
z See es 2)°3) 1 a whee oT 
. td Pe Seay hele aa 
: a1. 1 
” i 1 
Returns 
2nd Night me 2 
Ses 6 i 1 
Returns 
2nd Night 2 ‘ 
3rd Night i 
12 i |. Ee Gee 1|: d 
° oe SSD 
m ight 
2: Nick ; a 4]. , 
. ight eeeele 
aaa vee a ee ‘ 
As i 
mee Night oe ee 
a i} 3i- al. 1 
Gd AS if 
oy cL 3 See oe 
3rd Night : 4 - 
We Sieh | ieee ia a ot 
5 22 iil 41-41 LF £1 : 
wet. roe eee ee 
aad Night |. rE ete Re Sip, Ge Hs © re an ee 
ae. ot a} #2 3 oe A oe 
|: tte $434 ie Abi 2 
, 7. 1-2) SU BLA oe atesclecen| & 
oy MG dake eg Ge GS ee metal & 
ee a eee ee ee ee Pe ee ee Be ae 
oes Byala} ey] af i] app che pate feeeedonned 
31 Vitec hiaeeges +e a obew bene © ES, 1 
po gee des mae eae Re af 6) ifsc u 
Pe Pod ar te Hake anes Pah, ele Or edlesedorg pera] aT 
al weeebeees] 5 | 3] 19 | 41 | 30 | 24] 25/161 71101 51. 8/i5| 5} 11214 
spent in search of the mate, but it does show that after an 
interval of perhaps 21 hours for sleep, the moth was st 
responsive enough to the lure to rise up and finish the quest. 
* The period of absence of the entire 214 moths was tabulated, to 
facilitate comparison of the groups which traveled different dis- 
tances. The period of absence was marked off into hours for 
the first night; beyond that time the action of the moths was so 
complicated with unknown factors as to defy analysis. 
