﻿274 C. C. GOWDEY — ON THE UTILISATION OF AN AFRICAN SILKWORM, ETC. 



trees and placed in houses, any parasites can easily be destroyed on emergence. 

 Also, if the eggs of the silkworm be used instead of the nests for stocking new 

 plantations the spreading of these parasites will be lessened. 



In West Africa, in addition to Cformosus two other parasites have been found 

 infesting the cocoons of Anaphe, namely, the larvae of two Pyralid moths, 

 Metoecis carnifix, Coq., and Metoecis sp. ? of the subfamily Piiycitinae. 



This silkworm has not been found to be subject to any of the usual silkworm 

 diseases. 



