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

 covering furniture. 



Fig. 225.— Attacus (Bombyx) pernyi. 



Figs. 226 and 227 represent the moth and the cocoon of Attacus 

 Mylitta after M. Guerin-Me'neville. 



Fig. 226.— Attacus (Bombyx) Mylitta. 



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

 near Lausanne, in Switzerland. This treatment succeeded perfectly, 



