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the commonest wild silkworms of Assam. It occurs 

 iu the Assam valley, under both the northern and ! 

 the southern hills, and likewise iu Cachar, where I 

 the wild tea-plant often supplies it with food. It is I 

 also frequently found on smu trees. Its favourite 

 tree, however, is the mango, wiiether the wild mango J 

 of the forest, or the cultivated trees in the vicinity 

 of villages. The Amhiri spius a bright yellow co- 

 cuou, in clusters so closely interwoven that they 

 cannot be separated for reeling, which, indeed, their 

 very texture prohibits. In the number of broods and 

 times of breeding this worm is said to correspond 

 with the MiKjii. Tiie worm is covered witli hairs, 

 which produce irritation of the skin, and for tliis reason 

 it is regarded as unclean by the Hindus; but Ka- 

 charis, Rabhas, and Meciies occasionally mix the 

 silk with the '/■/, wehre it reveals its presence by 

 the itching it causes; this irritating property of the 

 worm is said to protect it against crows and bats. ; 

 The chrysalis, however, is eaten by Kacharis, Kabhas, 

 Mechas, and Mikirs. A smaller variety of the Aniit- 

 lari, called hislKt. and feeding, like the Amluri, on 

 the mango tree, is found in small numbers in the 

 Sub-Himalayan jungles of Kâmrûp. The name ex- 

 presses the irritating quality of the worm. 



8. iJrounn/ti (h'oijt/if/.r jrl/f/iost// ) . — The Pco- 

 iiit((/ii silkworm is so called from its size. It is the 

 largest of all the worms, attaining a length of 

 6'/2 iuches, and it is also the handsomest. This worm ; 

 appears at times on s/m/ trees with the M/i(/t/. but it is of 

 rare occurrence. The worm in its second and third stage 

 is particularly handsome, with rows of turquoise spots [ 

 on its side. When the worm enters upon its fourth 

 stage, the turquoise spots vanish, and spots of gold 

 appear in their place, and on each side of the body : 

 stripes, having all the colours of the rainbow, tend 

 to make this worm by far the most beautiful of its 

 tribe. The Deonniii« worm is said to live thirty 

 days, and to spend three days in spinning its cocoon; j 

 the [»eriod of the chrysalis is fifteen days in the hot, 

 and thirty days in the cold season, and the life of 

 the moth lasts about four days. The cocoon is large 

 (3 in. by 1 '/■> in), and gives a large quantity of i 

 strong but coarse and dark-coloured silk. The hard- 

 ness of the cocoon renders it difficult to reel, and 

 the silk easily gets into knots. The thread of the 

 Deo)ii/ij/fi is said to be used for fishing lines iu 

 Bengal. In Cachar, the DeoniiKia feeds on the , 

 banyan (Fiviih! iïidira) and pipal (Ficu.^ rdhjlnm). \ 

 The worm occurs, generally, in the Assam valley. 



9. Act ids sch'iir. — This silkworm occurs in 

 Cachar but very rarely. The cocoon yields but little 

 silk, and no attempt is ever made to use it. 



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