46 TREATISE ON THE 
purpose. The same author gives an anec- 
dote of another inseet, which goes to prove 
that the antennz are indeed the organs of 
thissense: “A little moth was reposing on 
my window ; I made a quiet, not loud, but 
distinct noise; the nearest antenne imme- 
diately moved towards me; I repeated the 
noise at least a dozen times, and it was fol- 
lowed every time by the same motion of that 
organ, till at length the insect being alarmed, 
became agitated and violent in its motions. 
In this instance it could not be touch, since 
the antennee were not applied to a surface, 
but directed towards the quarter from which 
the sound came, as if to listen.” 
CHAPTER VII. 
SMELLING. 
Or all their senses that of smell in Bees is 
the most acute. Attracted by the fragrance 
