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SOME SOUTH INDIAN INSECTS, ETC. [CHAP. XXII. 



lln Tasar Silkworm (Anthercea paphia) is chiefly found in the 

 North of the Presidency, the caterpillars occurring wild or semi- 

 domesticated in jungle tracts on various trees of which the more 

 common and important are Shorea robusta (Sal), Zizyphus jujtiba 

 (Ber), TermincUia tomentosa and T. arjuna. The cocoons are collec- 

 ted in the jungle, being the produce of wild caterpillars, or from 

 particular trees on which eggs have been placed by rearers. The 

 caterpillars cannot be reared in confinement on a commercial scale, 

 nor will the moths pair readily, and the bred female moths are 





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I iG. 93 I i" I i u Silkwi 'i in I. Larva : ..'. I n I, Femali Mi ith. 



{ I and 1 after Lefroy.) 



