Many went out not to return.

Others took up their positions to wait for the gaieties of the following day; they clung to the cross-bars of the closed window as the males of the Great Peacock had done.

The rejoicings were over for the day.

They would certainly be renewed on the morrow, since the courtship was without result on account of the barrier of the wire-gauze cover.
But, alas I to my great disappointment, they were not resumed, and the fault was mine.

Late in the day a Praying Mantis was brought to me, which merited attention on account of its exceptionally small size.
Preoccupied with the events of the afternoon, and absent-minded, I hastily placed the predatory insect under the same cover as the moth.
It did not occur to me for a moment that this cohabitation could lead to any harm.