Family 1 0. — Genera. — Bombyc ides. 



Bombyx, 

 Theophila, 



Oeinara, 

 Trilocha. 



Family 8. — Genera. — jSatumiidw. 



Attacus, 



Anthersea, 



Actias, 



Salassa, 



Itinaca, 



Rhodia, 



Caligula, 



Neoris, 



Saturnia, 



Loepa 



Cricula. 



Mr. Frederic Moore has kindly furnished me with the 

 following list of all the silk-producing Lepidoptera of 

 India known at the present time. It is the most complete 

 one yet published, and shows how rich India is in silk- 

 producing insects : — 



Mulberry-feeding Silkworms —Domesticated. 



Bombyx mori (Linnreus). — The common silkworm, domes- 

 ticated in China, Bokhara, Afghanistan, Cashmere, Persia, 

 S. Russia, Turkey, Egypt, and Algeria, Italy, France, 

 and Spaiu, in all which countries it produces but one crop 

 annually, spinning the largest cocoon and the best silk, of 

 a golden yellow, or white. 



Bombyx textor (Hutton). — The Boro poolloo of Bengal, 

 domesticated in S. China and Bengal ; an annual only, 

 producing a white (sometimes yellow) cocoon, of a different 

 texture and more flossy than B, mori. 



Bombyx sinensis (Hutton). — The Sina, Cheena, or small 

 Chinese monthly worm of Bengal, partially domesticated in 

 Bengal, where it was introduced from China; produces 

 several broods in the year ; cocoon white and yellow. 



Bombyx crwsi (Hutton). — The Nistry or Madrassee of 

 Bengal, introduced from China ; domesticated in Bengal ; 

 yielding seven or eight broods of golden yellow cocoons 

 in the year, of larger size than B. sinensis. 



Bombyx forlunatus (Hutton). — The Dasee of Bengal 

 yields several broods annually, spinning the smallest cocoon 

 of a golden yellow colour. 



Bombyx Arracanensis (Hutton). — TheBurmese silkworm, 

 domesticated in Arracan, said to have been introduced from 

 China through Burmah ; yields several broods annually ; 

 cocoons larger than the Bengal monthly species. 



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