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of the female. But even in this case the body of the male and 

 that of the female are in the same line. In other words, in the 

 process of mating in all the animals above mentioned, except 

 that which I found so far in a single species of scale insect, the 

 bodies of male and female are arranged either in the same or 

 in opposite directions, with of course, slight modifications, as 

 against the exact perpendicularity observed in the case of the 

 cottony cushion scale. 



The relative time spent in the courting, if we may term 

 the behavior of the male visiting the female prior to the mat- 

 ing as such, and the actual time spent in copula are as follows : 



Male No. i emerged Feb. 3, 10.30 A. M.; died Feb. 10, 10.25 A. M. 

 Mating I, February 7 : 



Located female 3.00 P.M. In copula 3.06-3.13 



Left her 3.045/2 Turned body 3.13 



Returned 3.06 Left her 3.14 



Male No. 2 emerged Feb. 8, 10.00 A. M.; died Feb. 16, 9.10 A. M. 

 Mating I, February 13: II, February 13: 



Courting 4.20-4.30 P.M. Courting 5.25-5.32 P.M. 



In copula 4.32-4.40 In copula 5.32-5.42 



Male No. 3 emerged Feb. 8, 9.45 A. M. ; died Feb. 16, 9.12 A. M. 



Mating I, February 13: In copula 4.40-4.48 P.M. 



Male No. 4 emerged Feb. 12; died Feb. 19. 



Mating, February 15 : Courting 4.25-4.36 P.M. 



In copula 4.36-4.44 



Male No. 5 emerged Feb. 12 (?); died Feb. 19. 

 Mating I, February 15: II, February 15. 



Courting 4.40-4.48 P.M. Courting 5.30-5.45 P.M. 



In copula 4.48-4.57 In copula 5-55-6.O7 



Struggled to leave, 4.58-5.08 



Left her 5.15 



Male No. 6. 



Mating I, March 2 : Courting 4-25-4-43 P.M. 



In copula 5.55-6.07 



Male No. 7 emerged March 3, 10.00 A. M. ; died March 10. 

 Mating I, March 6 : 



In copula .3.40-3.48 P.M. V. Courting 7-55-8.O5 P.M. 



II. In copula .4.35-4.48 In copula 8.05-8.13 



III. In copula .5.45-5.55 VI, March 7: 



IV. Courting ..6.55-7.05 Courting 7.20-7.36 A.M. 



In copula .7.05-7.13 In copula 7-36-7-45 



