The Life of the Weevil 
central vein. The only part left intact is the 
extreme edge, from which the large severed 
area hangs withering. 
This area, the greater part of the leaf, is 
then folded in two along the principal vein, 
with the green or upper surface inside; then, 
starting from the tip, the folded sheet is 
rolled into a cylinder. The orifice above is 
closed with that part of the border which the 
cut has left untouched; the orifice below is 
closed with the edges of the leaf tucked 
inwards. 
The pretty little barrel hangs perpend- 
icularly, swaying to the least breeze. It is 
hooped by the median vein, which projects 
at the upper end. Between the second and 
third pages, as it were, of the double sheet, 
near the middle of the spiral, is the egg, 
resin-red and, this time, single. 
The few cylinders which I have been able 
to examine afford me no circumstantial 
details touching the development of their 
inmate. The most interesting fact which I 
learn from them is that the grub, when it 
has attained its full growth, does not go 
underground as the others do. It remains 
in its barrel, which the wind soon shakes 
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