Silk-culture directory and silk-caterpillars disorders . Figure 7 What is it *;lvit is the re^ essence altered in a dens© viscid substance instead of to congtilaic in an elastic one. Kee[)infth^ inse. :s n vt aired enough, fe?J:;ig them with wet leaves, and notnUowing iheni plenty of space cause^ it. As soon as discovered,the Cat., i-iiiiars ;s!)>ul(l he moved in ;i hirger roon) and be situatedo J morf- si)p|Tes. They will spin a light produce If tfiey do not die. AspiiTXY.—The Larvjti struck with asj)liyxy will appear alive al-thoagh ih^y may have died a couf)le of hours befo


Silk-culture directory and silk-caterpillars disorders . Figure 7 What is it *;lvit is the re^ essence altered in a dens© viscid substance instead of to congtilaic in an elastic one. Kee[)infth^ inse. :s n vt aired enough, fe?J:;ig them with wet leaves, and notnUowing iheni plenty of space cause^ it. As soon as discovered,the Cat., i-iiiiars ;s!)>ul(l he moved in ;i hirger roon) and be situatedo J morf- si)p|Tes. They will spin a light produce If tfiey do not die. AspiiTXY.—The Larvjti struck with asj)liyxy will appear alive al-thoagh ih^y may have died a couf)le of hours before. Want of air,Hud sultry weather will do it. I5y closing windows in the rearin--room aiijai of Asphyxy can be quickly had. [See bottom of p. CuHLiNG.—Avery few growii Larv;e, in every Icaring, instead ofclimbing on the cottages, their pi ops having becom« scalded-like,or -^ore, on the litters, shrink and curl up like in F\<x. 8 ; thens. Figure 8. bcrome worthleiis Chrysalides without weavii:g cocoons ; bat if thejlire imprisoned in a small box or each in a little cone made withpaper they will spin medium shrouds. 101 D I S E A Ji K8. BlTTERFLIES Diseases.—Droj^sv is the oniy well dcsignaled Disease of the huUertlies, ]), when ill wich it, they plaiiiiyshow its indications, wliieh are : deep gray eolor ; largely swolirabelly ; dark wings : almost motionless ; oiten unfruitful etc. \>.dalthough this diseases shows itself without diiiiculty, yet it must headjuitted that l)uttertiies sometimes are also affected with Typim ,or •hlack-scurge: in this case, as tliey had no power to deyelo|) insoti c()ni[)lete perf«^,ct instct, so their wings are short uneyen and ciii^-pled, whilst little black s[)()ts of fluid ap[)ear nrar the -stomatn ,the up[)er segments of their body and on the wings. Jhese the vital hunnn, or blood, of the insectts ; this liumor nothayinji the density possessed by iioaUy blo)d,


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