Instruction to Authors“International Journal of Wild Silkmoth and Silk” publishes articles concerning various aspects ofsilk-producing insects (or other organisms) and utilization of their silk. Manuscripts of original scientiﬁcreports, technical reports and reviews can be submitted. No manuscript that has been published elsewhere will be accepted for publication. Preliminary research reports of broad general interest may besubmitted as ‘Scientiﬁc Notes’. Every paper will be peer-reviewed. Criteria for acceptance will be logicaldescription and scientiﬁc merit of the contents.
Manuscript. The manuscript should be written in English. Members of the Japanese Society forWild Silkmoths (JSWSM) may submit manuscripts written in Japanese. Submission as a form of electricﬁles is acceptable. The text should be written with 12-point “Century” font (“bold mincho” in Japanese).
Manuscripts should be submitted to:

Editorial ofﬁce, The Japanese Society for Wild Silkmoths (JSWSM)
c/o National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
Owashi 1-2, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8634, Japan
E-mail: yasan(at)naro.affrc.go.jp
It is recommended that papers are subdivided into the Title page, Abstract, Introduction, Materials
and Methods, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgments and References.
1) Title pageThe title pages should include the title, author’s name (ﬁrst name, middle initial, last name),
institutional afﬁliation, and mailing address of the corresponding author.
2) Abstract and Keywords
All papers (except Scientiﬁc Notes) must contain an informative Abstract and 3–5 relevant Keywords. Abstract must include the full scientiﬁc name of the organism(s), main objectives of the work,
any new techniques, signiﬁcant results and conclusions. It should be no more than 250 words inlength.
3) Tables and Figures
Tables and ﬁgures should be numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals, e.g. “Table 1” and“Fig. 1”. Type each table and its caption on a separate sheet. Each table must have a descriptive heading and an explanatory legend. It is the author’s responsibility to submit images of sufﬁcient quality
for accurate reproduction. Each ﬁgure should have a descriptive legend which should be typed on aseparate page.
4) References
Within the text, references to papers should be limited to the author and the year, e.g. (Akai,1976) or Akai (1976). In the References, each citation must be complete, consisting of the author(s),year of publication, title, journal-abbreviated, volume and inclusive pages. Examples are as follows.
Akai, H., (ed.) 1976. Ultrastructural Morphology of Insects. University of Tokyo Press, Tokyo (inJapanese).
Lock, M. and P. Huie, 1980. Ultrastructure methods in cuticle research. In Cuticle Techniques inArthropods (ed. T. A. Miller), pp. 91–144. Springer-verlag, New York.
Nagashima, T., H. Akai and T. Mitamura, 2008. Optical properties of the cocoon and silk gland ofUsutabiga, Phodinia fugax. Int. J. Wild Silkmoth & Silk, 13: 47–52.
5) Conﬂict of Interest should disclose in the manuscript, if applicable, any relationships with forproﬁt entities that may have any interest in the subject matter or materials.
Reprints. A corresponding author will receive a PDF ﬁle of the paper free of charge. Reprints canbe ordered at correction of galley proof. The cost is calculated by 40 yen × number of pages × numberof copies.
Charges. Five thousand yen will be charged per manuscript as submission fee for non-members ofJSWSM. Ten thousand yen for each color-printed page will be additionally charged in principle.