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51. Pulpit cloth, Tusser embroidery on silk velvet. 

 Executed by the Leek School of Embroidery ; the colouring 

 by Mrs. Wardle, Honorary Superintendent. 



52. Chair cover, No. 2, " Tusseron Tusser." Embroidered 

 from Indian designs with Tusser floss on native woven 

 Tusser silk cloth. Floss dyed with Indian dyestufFs by 

 T. Wardle. Executed by the Leek School of Embroidery ; 

 the colouring by Mrs. Wardle, Honorary Superintendent. 



53. Moths and cocoons of the Eria or Arindy silkworm, 

 Altacus ricini. 



54. Frame of dried leaves of some of the plants on which 

 the Tusser and Eria silkworms feed, viz. : — 



Tusser, Terminalia catappa. 



„ Pentaptera tomentosa (deciduous). 



„ Tectona grandis. 



„ Elcccecarko i7isigiiis, L. (Falconerla, Royle). 



„ Shorea robusla. 

 Eria, Micinus communis. 



55. Eria cocoons. 



56. Eria silk, Assam, as rudely spun ready for weaving 

 by the natives. 



57. Twenty-eight skeins of Eria silk, native dyed. 



58. English carded Eria silk of A ttacus ricini, 1st draft, 

 showing its beautiful fibre. 



50. Four hanks of Eria spun yarn (not reeled), 30/2 (i.e., 

 30 skeins of 800 yards each per lb.), showing the highly 

 improved state of yarn by English spinning machinery. 



60. Fourteen colours of dyed Eria schappe or spun silk, 

 aniline dyes, for commerce. 



61. Eria Schappe or spun silk (not reeled), 16/2 fold, 

 dyed with Indian dyestuffs, five colours. 



62. Brown Eria Schappe or spun silk (not reeled), 16/2 

 fold for " seal cloth " plush. 



63. Eria silk cloth, native home spun and woven (to 

 show the roughness of the cloth). 



64. Eria silk cloth, from improved English spinning, 

 undyed, quite new, woven in figured designs. 



65. Eria silk cloth, from improved English spinning, 

 undyed, quite new, woven in various designs. 



66. Five pieces of Eria cloth, printed by Mr. T. Wardle 

 from designs of W. Morris, Esq., M.A. 



67. Muga or Moonga silk cocoons, Anthercea Assama, 

 Durang, Assam. 



68. Moths of the Muga silkworm, Anthercea Assama. 



69. Three skeins of Muga reeled raw silk. 



