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on the shores of the Northern Pacific. Besides the present example, 

 specimens are in the British Museum from the same country. Prof. 

 Baird, in his ' General Report ' (p. 698), seems hardly satisfied on 

 this point. 



27. Macrorhamphtjs griseus (Gm.). 



28. Gambetta melanoleuca (Gm.). 



29. Tringa wilsoni, Nutt. ; Baird, Rep. p. 721. 



30. Tringa ? 



31. Querquedula cyanoftera (Vieill.). 



32. Querquedula carolinensis (Gm.) 5 . 



33. Mergus cucullatus (Linn.). 



34. Larus belcheri, Vigors, Zool. Journ. iv. 358. — Larus heer- 

 manni, Cassin? 



35. Brachyrhamphus marmoratus (Gm.); Baird, Rep. p. 915. 

 An adult and two younger specimens. 



Synopsis of the known Asiatic species of Siek-producing 

 Moths, with descriptions of some New Species from 

 India. By Frederic Moore, Assist. Museum, India 

 House. 



(Annulosa, Pis. LXIV., LXV.) 



In the following list we have endeavoured to give descriptions of 

 those species of silk-prod acing Moths that are known to inhabit 

 India, its adjacent countries and islands, and to bring together such 

 information (so far as our present materials will allow) relating to 

 each individual species, as may prove interesting, and, we trust, 

 useful, not only to the Oriental entomologist, but also to those 

 gentlemen, in India and elsewhere, who devote their attention to the 

 advancement of the productive resources of the silk trade. 



Genus Bombyx, Schrank. 



Bombyx, Schrank, Fauna Boica, ii. pt. 2. p. 150 (1802). 

 Phalcena- Bombyx, pt., Linnseus. 

 Bombyx, pt., Fabricius. 

 Sericaria, pt., Latreille. 



1. Bombyx mori (Linnseus). 



Phalcena-Bombyx mori, Linnseus, S. N. i. 2. p. 81 7(1 767); Amcen. 

 Acad. iv. p. 563; Faun. Suec. p. 832; (Aldrovand, Ins. p. 280; 

 Albin, Ins. pi. 12. f. 16 ; Reaum. Ins. ii. pi. 5. f . 2 ; Roesel, Ins. iii. 

 pi. 7, 8), 



