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On the Parasites of two species of West African wild Silk-worms*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Gerald C. Dudgeon
Gerald C. Dudgeon
Affiliation:
Inspector of Agriculture for British West Africa.
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The silk derived from the cocoon-masses woven by the larvæ of Anaphe infracta, Wlsm., A. venata, Butl., A. moloneyi, Druce, and others of the same or an allied genus of the family Eupterotidæ, is utilised in the Haussa and Yoruba countries of Northern and Southern Nigeria for the manufacture of yarns, used in the embroidery of Haussa gowns in the former country and, in conjunction with cotton in the latter locality, for the production of the “ sanyan ” cloths.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , April 1910 , pp. 83 - 84
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1910

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Footnotes

*

Received from the Colonial Office for publication.—Ed.

References

* Mr. E. E. Austen states that the actual identity of the Tachina bella of Meigen is very doubtful. It is, however, certainly a European species, and it is not likely therefore to occur in Tropical Africa.—Ed.