They came from all directions, but at last with decreasing frequency.

I had missed the opening of the convocation, and now the gathering was almost complete.
I went indoors and upstairs.

This time, in full daylight and without losing a detail, I witnessed once more the astonishing spectacle to which the great nocturnal butterfly had first introduced me.

The study contained a cloud of males, which I estimated, at a glance, as being about sixty in number, so far as the movement and confusion allowed me to count them at all.

After circling a few times over the cage many of them went to the open window, but returned immediately to recommence their evolutions.