HEARING SILKWORMS. 41 



MILLERS HOW TO CARE FOR THEM. 



When the millers make their appearance from 

 the cocoons, at first they are wet all over. The 

 head first appears, and they gradually work 

 themselves out till the entire body is free from 

 its cage. Their general appearance is as if they 

 had risen from a bath. 



The male millers, as soon as they are out, at 

 once go on a search for their mates. They cease- 

 lessly flutter their wings as they go from one to 

 another, till they at last find a female with which 

 they couple. Let all that will, couple and remain 

 coupled for six hours. If there come out more 

 of one sex than the other, the odd ones should be 

 removed to another box till the next day, when, 

 perhaps, the balance will be made even, and all 

 will eventually be mated. Sometimes the millers 

 will separate before the end of six hours. When 

 this occurs, it is well to remove the male from 

 the box and put another in his place, or else put 

 the female in the box with the surplus males. In 

 a very short time she will couple with a fresh 

 male. Then lift them gently by the wings of the 

 female and place them in the mating-box with 

 the others. 



When the time is up to separate the millers, 



