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XXXV. Some Account of the Kolísurra Silk-Worm of the Deccan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 September 2009

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In my late researches in that part of the Deccan lying between the sources and junction of the Bíma and Mota Mola rivers, I met with the cocoons of the silk-worm which is called Kolísurra by the Mahrattas. The insect is an object of interest to the manufacturer from the strength of the fibre in the silk it produces.

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Copyright © The Royal Asiatic Society 1834

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* Vide Plate 22, figure 1.

Bhugi of Birbhúm,”

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* Vide Plate 22, figure 3.

The eggs are said, by Mr. Baber, to hatch in from ten to fifteen days, according to the temperature of the air: the larvæ arrive at their full size (two and a-half to three inches) in a month, their prevailing colour being pale or sea-green.

Vide Plate 22, figure 4, Pupa.

* Vide Plate 22, figure 5, Imago.

* Tectona grandis.

Zizyphus jujube.

Terminalia alata glabra.

§ Morus Indica.