This volume is based on a workshop held in Oxford, bringing together contributions from leading research workers.

Chemoreception and behaviour from an evolutionary and comparative perspective / V.G. Dethier -- Some current issues in orientation to odour sources / J.S. Kennedy -- The structure of odour plumes / J. Murlis -- Pheromone-modulated movements of flying moths / T.C. Baker -- Mechanisms of directional flight in wind / C.T. David -- Turbulent diffusion and pheromone-triggered anemotaxis / E. Kramer -- Pheromone-induced anemotaxis in simulated free flight / R. Preiss and E. Kramer -- Visual and olfactory stimulus interaction in resource finding by insects / R.J. Prokopy -- The effect of habitat on the flight of moths orienting to pheromone sources / J.N. Perry and C. Wall -- Orientation in forest Coleoptera : an uncertain outcome of responses by individual beetles to variable stimuli / J.H. Borden [and others] -- Olfaction and vision in host finding by a bark beetle / T.L. Payne -- The role of pheromone concentration in male moth flight behaviour / C.J. Sanders -- Species specificity in response to pheromone substances in diprionid sawflies / J. Löfqvist -- Orientation along terrestrial trails by ants / J.M. Pasteels [and others] -- Responses of arthropods to temporal chemical stimulus changes : simulation of a humidity differential and a pheromone plume / W.J. Bell -- Orientation by insect parasitoids / R.L. Jones -- The role of pheromones in the control of behavioural sequences in insects / P.E. Howse, J.C. Lisk and J.W.S. Bradshaw -- Manipulation of orientation to pheromones / J.R. McLaughlin -- Correlations between electrophysiological and behavioural responses elicited by pheromone / R.J. Bartell and E.R. Rumbo -- Epilogue : behavioural mechanisms / R.T. Cardé. Physiology of insect olfaction -- reflections on the last 30 years / D. Schneider -- Temporal characteristics of pheromone receptor cell responses in relation to orientation behaviour of moths / K.-E. Kaissling -- Pheromone reception : a kinetic equilibrium / R.G. Vogt and L.M. Riddiford -- Neuropharmacological effects on olfactory perception / C.E. Linn and W.L. Roelofs -- Electrophysiological responses to pheromone blends in single olfactory receptor neurones / R.J. O'Connell -- Correlating sensory and behavioural responses in multichemical pheromone systems of Lepidoptera / E. Priesner -- Signal-response relationship in sex pheromone communication / J.N.C. Van Der Pers and C. Löfstedt -- Peripheral chemoreceptors and regulation of insect behaviour / E.E. Davis -- Specificity in perception of pheromones and host odours in Coleoptera / J.C. Dickens -- Allelochemical effects of pheromones : receptor responses / H. Mustaparta -- Computer analysis of chemosensory signals / F.E. Hanson, S. Kogge and C. Cearley -- Functional organization of olfactory pathways in the central nervous system of Manduca sexta / J.G. Hildebrand and R.A. Montague -- Central integration of sensory signals : an exploration of processing of pheromonal and multimodal information in lepidopteran brains / D.M. Light -- Epilogue : physiological mechanisms / J. Boeckh -- Some thoughts on the form of future research / M.C. Birch and L. Barton-Browne.