Habits. — This  is  one  of  the  early  spring  moths,  and  its  habits
are  very  similar  to  those  of  Dimorpha  versicolora.  The  ?  is  quiet
and  lethargic,  resting  near  the  cocoon  from  which  she  has  emerged
until  copulation  has  taken  place,  and  flying  at  dusk  for  the  purpose
of  oviposition.  Hewett,  however,  captured  a  ?  on  the  wing  on
Strensall  Common  at  4  p.m.,  and  Gordon  observed  another  at
Corsemalzie.  The  ?  is  sometimes  captured  at  light;  Jones  and
Fenn  record  one  each  on  lamps  at  Eltham,  Bayne  one  on  a  street
lamp  at  Enfield.  Jenner-Fust  another  on  a  street  lamp  at  Bromley,
April  24th,  1868.  The  S  flies  swiftly  by  day,  in  full  sunshine,  its
erratic  flight  very  intimately  connected  with  the  discovery  of  the  $.
The  males  are  most  active  from  just  before  noon  until  5  p.m.,  although
Holland  says  that,  in  his  e?xperience,  the  ^  flies  chiefly  between  2.30
p.m.  and  5  p.m.,  rarely  earlier.  In  confinement  the  greater  number
of  specimens  emerge  between  9  a.m.  and  noon  (945  a.m.  is  stated
by  Elliot  to  be  the  usual  time),  and  from  about  1  p.m.  until  3  p.m.
the  S  s  assemble  freely  to  a  newly-emerged  ?  ,  but  we  have  seen
them  attracted  as  early  as  11  a.m.  and  as  late  as  5  p.m.  Finlay
considers  the  ^  s  most  diflicult  to  net  between  1 1  a.m.  and  2  p.m.
Edleston  records  that  he  obtained  many  (^  s  on  White  Moss,  near
Manchester,  on  April  30th,  1843,  by  means  of  a  virgin  ?,  whilst,
in  the  same  locality,  on  April  28th,  1844,  the  species  was  exceedingly
abundant,  a  virgin  $  of  S,  pavonia  attracting,  on  this  date,  <?  s  of
Macrothylacia  rubi,  but  the  latter  flew  oflf  without  attempting  to  pair.
