The Life of the Weevil 
the reason why the cigar-roller of the vine 
was called the Rhynchites of the Birch (XR. 
betuleti, FaB.). 
If there be in fact a Weevil that exploits 
the birch-tree, it is certainly not the same as 
that of the vineyards: the two leaves to be 
rolled are too dissimilar in shape and size 
to suit the same worker. 
Recorders of descriptions, you who, under 
the scrupulous eye of the magnifying-glass, 
specify the shapes and establish the identity 
of the animal species, before you give names 
and surnames to your impaled insects, pray, 
pray enquire a little into their manner of 
life. By so doing, you will see things more 
clearly, you will avoid much detestable 
nonsense and you will spare the novice such 
doubts as those which obsess him when he 
finds himself obliged to label a Weevil inha- 
biting the vine-branches as a Rhynchites of 
the Birch. We are ready to excuse caco- 
phonous syllables and grating consonants; 
but we reject with exasperation a name that 
misrepresents the facts. 
In her work the Vine-Weevil pursues the 
same method as the Poplar-Weevil. The 
leaf is first pricked with the rostrum at 
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