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Whether the male mated with this female on account 

 of, or in spite of the fact that she had already oviposited 

 is not known. 



Experiment 32.— May 29, 8 :00 P. M. 



c^ 134. Age day 4:40 hours. 



2 128. Left off mating one hour previously. 



Object. — To see whether an already fertilized female 

 will remate if the male be young. 



Results. — May 30, 6:00 A. M. The pair found in copulo. 



This is the first and only instance of a female mating 

 with more than one male. 



Experiment 33.— May 31, 10 :00 P. M. 



c?138. Age 1 day 6:00 hours. 

 <^139. Age day 8:00 hours. 

 9 140. Age day 7:50 hours. 



Object. — To see wliether the female will mate with the 

 younger or older male. 



Results.— June 1, 6:00 A. M. The female found in copulo with 

 male 138, the older of the two. 



Experiment 34.— June 2, 8 :00 P. M. 



(^138. Age 3 days 4:00 hours. Already mated. 

 (^141. Age 1 day 4:.50 hours. 



$ 140. Age 2 days 5:50 hours. Previously mated with male 

 138, having severed only a few minutes before. 



Object. — To see if an already mated young female, 

 which has just severed, will mate again, and if so, whether 

 her preference will be for her former mate or for a 

 younger, unmated male. 



Results. — .June 6, 9:00 P. M. They have been kept together for four 

 days without mating. 



Experiment 35. — June 5, 9 :00 P. M. 



c^l39. Age 5 days 7:00 hours. 



(^liS. Age 1 day 3:40 hours. Antennae removed. 



9 144. Age 1 day 5:15 hours. 



