1888.] E. C. Cotes— On Indian Sericulture. 175 



illustrative of all the different stages of the silk ir. sects from the egg to 

 the moths, also of their cocoons and raw silk. 



The followiag are the species contained in the collections : 



BOMBYX MORI. 



The " Annual " or " Cashmere" worm. 

 The common mulberry feeding silk worm, reared in Japan, Cliiaa, 

 Bokara, Cashmere, Afghanistan, Persia, South Russia, Turkey, Egypt, 

 Algeria, Italy, France, Spain, United States of America, and to a small 

 extent in the Punjab, and North Western Provinces of India. 



BOMBYX FORTUNATUS. 



" Besi " or " Ghota Polo.'' 

 A small mulberry feeding multivoltine silk worm, largely reared 

 in Bengal, where it yields the principal cold weather crop of cocoons. 



BOMBYX CRCESI. 



^'Nistry" or " Madrassee.'' 

 A small multivoltine mulberry feeding silk worm, largely reared in 

 Bengal, where it yields the principal hot season crop of cocoons. 



. BoMBYX ARRAGANENSIS. " 



''Nya Paw.'' 

 A multivoltine mulberry feeding silk worm, largely reared in Arracan 

 and Burma. 



BOMBYX TEXTOR. 



" Boropolo "or'' Pat Major." 

 An annual mulberry feeding silk worm, recorded from Bengal and 

 China ; its cultivation seems to be dying out in India. 



BOMBYX SINENSIS. 



" Sma " or " Ghota Pat." 

 A small multivoltine mulberry feeding silk worm, recorded from 

 Bengal. Its silk is inferior to that of the " Desi " and " Madrassee," 

 and its cultivation is said to be dying out. 



BOMBYX MERIDIONALIS. 



This is probably only a variety of the " Chota Pat ;" it is reared in 

 Mysore and the Madras presidency. 



Theophila huttoni. 

 A wild silk worm found feeding on indigenous mulberry trees in the 

 North Western Himalayas. It has not been found possible to rear these 



