Note 327 — LETTER VI.

This kind of misnomer frequently occurs in entomological authors.—Thus, for instance, the Curculio (Rynchites) Alliariæ of Linné feeds upon the hawthorn, and Curculio (Cryptorhynchus) Lapathi upon the willow (Curtis in Linn. Trans. i. 86.); but as Alliaria is common in hawthorn hedges, and docks often grow under willows, the mistake in question easily happened: when, however, such mistakes are discovered, the Trivial Name ought certainly to be altered.