CONTENTS 



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TRANSLATOR'S NOTE ...... v 



CHAPTER 



I THE OLD WEEVILS .... I 



II THE SPOTTED LARINUS . . . 23 



III THE BEAR LARINUS .... 53 



IV THE BOTANICAL INSTINCT . . 72 

 V THE ELEPHANT WEEVIL . . 88 



VI THE NUT-WEEVIL . . . .II? 



VII THE POPLAR-WEEVIL . . .139 



VIII THE VINE-WEEVIL . . . .158 



IX OTHER LEAF-ROLLERS . . .175 



X THE SLOE-WEEVIL .... 196 



xi THE PEA-WEEVIL: THE EGGS . 229 



XII THE PEA-WEEVIL : THE LARVA . 248 



XIII THE HARICOT-WEEVIL . . . 265 



XIV THE IRIS-WEEVIL .... 292 

 XV THE CIOJUS 306 



INDEX 343 



