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As regards the possibility of developing the method of Selection Mr. Hutchinson. 

 suggested by me, we leave it to the commercial people to judge. Mr. 

 Chaudhuri is engaged in the work on a commercial scale and he has 

 already said what he thinks on the subject. The future ehmination of 

 pebrine depends on the examination of the moths and also in raising 

 the resistance of the larvae to the disease. We can do this latter either 

 by hybridization or by selection. Mr. De has done a good deal of hybri- 

 dizing and I have done some work on pebrme. If we tackle the jjro- 

 blem together, it will be very good. I should like to invite Mr. De to 

 co-operate with me in testing the new method and to help with his 

 experience in hybridizing. » 



I am quite willing to co-operate with Mr. Hutchinson in the experi- Mr. De. 

 ments he contemplates. So far I have been working along lines different 

 from those on which Mr. Hutchinson has been working. 



As regards the criticisms on my paper by Messrs. Chaudhuri and 

 Harihar Prasad, I suggested the paper method for the examination of 

 moths when I was a new-comer and had no experience, although I my- 

 self pointed out the defects of that method. As regards the large per- 

 centage of pebrine in the worms which I used for testing the different 

 method of examination, this was done purposely for the experiments, 

 and this percentage of infection must not be taken as that normally 

 found in the Pusa Silk-house. 



Can the pebrine germs affect other kinds of caterpillars besides Mr. Ramrao. 

 silkworms ? We have to do with swarming caterpillars and, if we could 

 use such a disease, we might be able to kill them. 



I do not know about other pests, but Prodenia litura can be artifici- Dr. Gough. 

 ally infected. 



46.— EXHIBITION OF SPECIMENS AND DEAWINGS OF 

 INDIAN WILD SILK-MOTHS. 



By C. M. Inglis. 



[Mr. Inglis exhibited his collection of wild silk-moths and a number of 

 coloured drawings of various species of the moths.] 



We are much indebted to Mr. Inglis to taking so much trouble In Mr. Fletcher, 

 bringing his collection of silk-moths and his excellent drawings for 

 exhibition at this Meeting. 



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