CHINESE INSECT WHITE WAX.
References to Insect White Wax in Europe and China--Area
of production--Chief wax insect producing country--The
insect tree--The insect “buffalo” beetle, or parasite--The
insect scales--The transport of insects to the wax producing
districts--Method of transport--The wax tree--How insects are
placed on the wax trees--Wax production--Collection of the
wax--An ignominious ending--Insect metamorphosis--Uses of the
wax--Quantity and value 189