depressed well lime the leg-spines 

 rose 



Htinng ej»ch expansion period, the 

 tempo of acliviiy increased from 

 start to finish, the Spine erections 



lasting longer and longer hi WW ex- 

 pense of the ptlWse?; e.g. ;| typical 

 .scries might he 3-5. 3-5. 7-3. 8-3, 

 15-1. 27 . . . the lirst ligure being 

 the time of spine ereelioii ami the 

 second ligure the lime of pause, m 

 seconds 



At 1 2.-40 p.m. an expansion penod 

 Ol nuns was noted, finishing with 

 ihlte quick climaxes ol W sees., the 

 leg spines rising very high I his was 

 followed by 11 mins. rest. 



At I p.m. an expansion period ol 

 I0J mins. was noted, comprising 

 erections lusting from J sees, to IS 

 seconds. I he palp was then removed 

 During removal, the long, dark 

 spring of the embolus was uneoiled 

 and grew taut heforc leaving the 

 lemale's cpixymim and springing 

 hack inside the male's palp. 



Immediately, the lemale lowcicd 



Plate 2. 



h»pr,l>i toufa malin>:. K-malc's abdomen 

 is to left of picture. Note male's lejj- 

 spincs in erect position 



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her abdomen to the normal posing 

 lire male remained standing 

 ovei touching hei, and cleaned hi 

 right palp, •■chewing" it with ft( 

 ehehceiae. He made intermittent 

 "shuildei ing" movements, and nn\* 

 and Ihen straightened out the pjjjj] 

 while his leg spines rose a little. The 

 temale showed no aggiession. 



Palp cleaning proceeded for five 

 minutes, Ihen the male turned lis 

 stand over the female, facing in th v 

 •same dueetiou for a few seconds 

 hefore moving away, shuddering, 

 then returning to ihe muting position 

 and inserting the left palp in ih, 

 lemale's ,[>it:\tinm 



Al I 20 P ui expansion peiiods 

 were noted as lollows: 



2i mins., 12 erections. Pause. 



2 J mins., ') erections. Pause 



2 J mins . X erections. Pause. 

 I mill., 3 eteetions. 



()hsei\alion ended al 13s p.m., 

 und recommenced 25 mins. later 

 when a long period with erections 

 up lo IS sees, duration Was noted 

 I hi-, was followed In a similar lOflJ 

 period ol jhoul 20 nuns . lollosu'C 

 by a rest, 



At 3.22 p.m. the right palp wty 

 inserted lor Ihe second lime. F.\n;m 

 <ion now consisted mainly of two 

 quick erections followed by a pause 

 the sequence being repeated man' 

 Hu es' ihe nso eieeiions together tak- 

 ing about 53 secv.. and the paw* 

 III seconds I his was followed Hs 

 an expansion consisting of 4 quick 

 erections, and a rest. 



An expansion period of fi! mins 

 lt| J.SO p.m. consisted ol 2N tW 

 ttons, .«.nd was followed b\ 31 nn"' 

 rest, Ihe imiximum erection perm I 

 in this scries was 24 sees,, the mini- 

 mum about -t seconds. 



At 4.H) p. in., after SS erections n\ 

 2S minutes, the male removed hi* 

 palp. 



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