WILD SILKWORMS. 



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silkworms which feed on mulberry or fig, some of which yield 

 white and some yellow cocoons. But enough of the unattractive, 



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yet most valuable Bombycidse ; it is time we passed on to the 

 truly magnificent, though much less used, Saturnidae. One of the 

 most remarkable peculiarities of these insects in the perfect state 



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