162 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY. 



1311. KILEY, C. V. Continued. 



The mulberry silkworm, Sericaria mori 75 



Its past history, 75 Earliest silk-culture iu China and India. 75 

 Its introduction into Europe, 76 Value of silk produced in 

 France, 76 The " Silk Supply Association " in England, and its 

 objects, 76 Countries exporting raw silk, 77 The name given 

 to silk by different nations, 77 History of the mulberry silk- 

 worm in America, 77 Its introduction and failure of earlier ef- 

 forts, 77 Renewal of silk-culture within the past decade, 77 , 

 Silk manufacture in the United States, 78 Favorable prospects 

 for raising silk in this country, 78 Silk-growing in California, 

 79 Mr. Prevost's "California Silk-grower's Manual," 79 False 

 statements and exaggerations in Prevost's book, 79 Sale of Cal- 

 ifornian silkworm eggs, 80 Disastrous effect of the Franco- 

 Prussian war on the egg trade, 81 Success of silk-culture in Cal- 

 ifornia dependent on the ability to reel the silk, 81 Silk-culture 

 in Kansas, 82 Mons. Boissiere's silk establishment and its 

 chances of success, 82 Silk-growing in Missouri, 83 The fall 

 season in Missouri eminently propitious for rearing silkworms, 

 84 Natural history of the silkworm, 84 Races of the silkworm 

 produced by domestication, 84 Effects produced on the insect 

 by domestication, 85 The egg, 86 Larva and larval changes, 

 86 Cocoon, chrysalis, and moth, 87 No insect parasite of the 

 silkworm in Europe, 87 The " Uji " disease in China and Japan, 

 87 Diseases of the silkworm, 88; the Muscardine, its effect and 

 cause, 88; the Pe'brine disease, its symptoms and cause, 89; 

 nature and origin of these diseases, 90 Other diseases of the 

 silkworm, 91 Best varieties or races, 90 Different forms of co- 

 coons produced by different races, 92 How best to rear silk- 

 worms, 92 Rearing a very simple process, 92 Character of 

 climate of the Japanese silk districts, 93 Keeping the eggs dur- 

 ing the winter, 93 Hatching of the eggs, 93 Room and building 

 for the rearing of the worms, 93 The feeding net or fillet, 94 

 Importance of carrying all the worms simultaneously through 

 their molts, 94 Regularity of feeding, 95 Regulating the tem- 

 perature, 95 Cocoonery, 96 Choking the chrysalis, 96 Egg- 

 laying, 97 Selecting and fastening the cocoons for breeding pur- 

 poses, 97 Treatment of the female moths after copulation, 97 

 Preservation of the eggs, 97 Reeling, 98 Great skill required 

 to accomplish the work properly, 93 Classification of raw silk, 

 98 Preparing the cocoons for reeling, 98 Objects of and manip- 

 ulations in reeling, 99 Best food for the worms, 100 Varieties 

 of the mulberry, 100 Cultivation of the mulberry, 100 Osage 

 orange as silkworm food, 100 Introduction of the osage orange 

 into France, 100 Experiments in America with feeding silk- 

 worms on osage orange, 101 Advantages and disadvantages of 

 the osage orange, 102. 



The cecropia silkworm, Attacus cecropia 103 



Changes made in its scientific generic name, 103 General appear- 

 ance of the moth, 103 Fitch's explanation of the specific name, 

 104 Food-plants, 104 The cccoou, 104 Value of the cocoon as 

 compared with that of the polyphemus moth, 105 How the 

 moth issues from the cocoon, 10.1 The moth immediately after 

 batching, 100 Tho eg,;;, 106 Description of the larval changes, 



