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firm and bright texture, which are used for summer clothing, or for 

 coverini: furniture. 



Fig. 225. — Attacus ^Bombyx) pt-iu}!. 



Figs. 226 and 227 represent the moth and the cocoon of AltaatS' 

 Mylitta after M. Guerin-MeneviUe. 



Fig. 226.— Attacus (Bombyx) Mylitta. 



In 1855 M. de Chavannes reared this species in the open ai 

 near Lausanne, in Switzerland. This treatment succeeded perfectl; 



