Silk-Producing Insects, 



<?he Chemical JVature of SilkZhe Spider's Web 

 Ijombic Jlcid (Detection of Wool in Silk G-reat 

 Variety of Insects producing- Silk ^he Common 

 Silkworm, Ijombyx mori ^The G-olden ^Tree The 

 (Province of Seres and ilie Jvtorea (Prolongation of 

 Life in (Plants and Animals -Artificial Incubation 

 and Bearing- of Fjombyx mori Enormous jlppetites 

 Insects Living- without Food Rate at which the 

 Silkworm Spins -JVLodes cf (Destroying- the Chrysalis 

 Calculation basis of Silk-breeding- (-The two JUtul- 

 berry 'Trees (Diseases of Silkworms and their Re- 

 medies Improvement of ^ombyx mori ^ussah 

 Silkworms : Ijombyz (Pernyi and IJ. JVLylitta Ijom- 

 byx Cynthia Extraordinary Qualities of Silk Other 

 Jfew Species of Silkworm Spreading- of these JJew 

 Races- c lhe J^Ladag-ascar Silkworm (Production of 

 Coloured Silk by the Insects themselves Experi- 

 ments Ijornbyx madrona Silk of the Clothes- 

 J\doth : (-Tinea ^he (Parag-uay Spider Ichneumons 

 of the West Indies Silk Imported into Liverpool. 



