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APPENDIX III. 



Catalogue of the Collection of Wild Silks in the Indian 

 Section, South Kensington Museum. 



1. Eggs of Anthercea mylitta, or Tusser moth. 



2. Drawing of Tusser silkworm, Anthercea mylitta 

 (Linnaeus), natural size, full-grown. 



Synonyms : — 



Bombyx mylitta (Fabricius). 

 Attacus mylitta (Blanchard). 

 Saturnia paphia (Heifer). 



3. Moths and cocoons of the Tusser silkworm, Anthercea 

 mylitta (Linnaeus). 



4. Tusser silk moths hatched at Leek from cocoons sent 

 to Mr. T. Wardle, by Major Coussmaker, from Poonah. 

 The cocoons are shown below the moths. 



5. Tusser moth and its pierced cocoon, showing filaments 

 of silk. 



(3. Cocoons of the Tusser silkworm with pedicles, some 

 of which show - portions of the branches to which they 

 were attached. 



7. Tusser cocoons cut open to show the chrysalis or pupa 

 inside each. 



8. Tusser cocoons from which the moths have emerged 

 at the pierced ends, with pedicles showing mode of attach- 

 ment to branches from which the worm forms its cocoon. 



9. Tusser cocoon cut open to show the compact interior, 

 and also a portion of it pulled out to show the silky fila- 

 ments of which it is composed. 



10. Tusser cocoon showing the filaments of silk drawn 

 out from the pierced end, and the mode in which the silk 

 is deposited. 



11. Native-reeled Tusser silk and reeling implements. 



12. Tusser raw silk, native reeled with native reeling 

 implements from Bhagulpore, Hazareebagh. 



13. Waste Tusser silk from Tamba, Bombay. 



14. Tusser Tram unbleached. Tusser Tram bleached, 

 showing result of the new mode of removing the brown 

 colouring matter from the silk. 



15. Improved reeled Tusser raw silk, also Organzine and 

 Tram, with one specimen bleached, in the following 

 order : — 



Q 3255. F 



