INSECTS 



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COLOOll 



Bdinljyx mori 



SilK llic.lli 



Fig. 16. — Life history of silkworm moth. (Prepared by Kny-Scheerer Co. 

 Photographed by E. R. Sanborn, N. Y. Zoological Park.) 



China as early as 2600 B.C., and was not introduced into Europe 

 until 530 A.D. After the latter date the culture rapidly increased, 

 and soon became prominent in Turkey, Italy, and Greece, and has 



