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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
Wullsclilegel describes Bomhyx yama-mai in its various stages, and indi- 
cates the mode of managing it. Mitth. Schw. ent. Ges. 1865, pp. 281-292. 
, Giu5rin-M(5neville states that his Saturnia hauhinice forms the type of anew 
subgenus,” to which he gives the name of Faidherhia in honour of General 
Faidherbe, who first brought the possible use of its silk into notice. Comptes 
Rendus, tome lx. pp. 162-104, January 23, 1805 (see also Rev. Seric. i. 
pp. 20-29 & 41-50). In a subsequent note GiuSrin announces that the silk 
of this species had been wound off by M. Forgemol. L. c. pp. 341-342, 
February 13, 1805. 
Lucas describes the cocoon, the egg, and the male perfect insect of Satur- 
nia hauhinice, Ann, Soc. Ent. Fr. d*" s^r. tome iv. pp. 727-732, and figures 
the cocoon /. c. pi. 10. fig. 6. 
Oornalia (Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. vol. viii.) treats of the cultivation of 
Lasiocampa otus (Drury) and figures the moth, the egg, and the cocoon with 
with some details. L. c. pi. 2. 
H UTTON has published (Ent. Trans. 3rd ser. vol, ii. pp. 295-331) a second 
part of his memoir on the silkworms, in which he indicates that several species 
have been confomided under the common name of Bomhyx mori. He discusses 
the phenomena of silk-production in various localities, and describes the 
general course of development of difierent forms of silkworms. 1. The true 
Bomhyx mori^ a native of the northern mountainous provinces of China, is 
the species domesticated in China, Cashmere, Persia, Syria, and Europe j its 
ordinary white caterpillar is figured by Hutton, pi. 19, fig. 8, and its dark 
larva, which is regarded by Hutton as the normal form, pi. 19. fig. 7. This 
silkworm is an annual j its larvae and imago are- described by Hutton, 1. c. 
pp. 303-308. 2. Bomhyx textoVf sp, n., Hutton, 1. c. pp. 309-312, the Boro- 
pooloo of Bengal and the Pat-major ” of Royle, is also an annual worm, and 
is said to have been introduced into India from China, where it is still culti- 
vated. The larva is similar to that of B. mori. 3. Bomhyx croesi, sp. n., 
Hutton, 1. c. p. 312, the Nistry and Madrassee worm of Bengal, and probably 
the Pat-minor ” of Heifer and Royle, is a. montlily ” worm, furnishing 
seven or eight crops of silk in the year ; it is smaller than either of the pre- 
ceding, and the larva is of a pearly hue. 4. Bomhyx fortunatus, sp. n., Hutton, 
1. c. p. 312, the Dasee worm of Bengal, is the smallest of the species ; and the 
larva, when mature, is of a bluish leaden-grey colour (pi. 19. fig. 3). 
6. Bomhyx arracanensis, sp. n., Hutton, c. p. 313. 0. Bomhyx smensis,s^:n.f 
Hutton, 1. c: pp. 313-316, the small Chinese monthly worm, the Sina and 
Cheena of Bengal, is also a small species, difiering both in the larva and per- 
fect states from the other forms described. Of the wild species of Botnhyx 
indigenous to India, Captain Hutton describes : — B. hxdtoni (Westw.), /. c. 
pp. 318-322, of which ho figures the larva, pi. 19. fig. 4 j B. hmyalensis, 
sp. n., Hutton, 1. c. pp. 322-323, larva pi. 19. fig. 6^ B. shenviUi, sp. n. 
(Moore), Hutton, 1. c. p. 324 j B. reliyiosce (Heifer), /. c. pp. 325-320. Other 
allied species described by the author in this paper are ; — Ocinara mooreij 
sp. n., Hutton, 1. c. pp. 326-328 ^ O. lactea, sp. n., Hutton, I c. pp. 32333 0, 
larva pi. 19. tig. 6 ; O. comma, sp. n., Hutton, 1. c. p. 330. He also figures 
the larva of 2'rilocha varians (Moore), pi. 19, figs. 1 & 2, and remarks upon 
Bomhyx suhnotata (Walk.) and B, horsjiddi (Moore), I, c, p. 324, and upon 
Ocinara dikctula (Walk.) and 0, lida (Moore), 1. c. p. 330. 
