144 ^''^^* Markwick*s ObfsrvaUom on the Clover Weevil, 



bufiiels and a half were fold for fifty fliillings per bulliel, and the 

 reft, amounting to either five or fix builiels (I am not quite certain 

 which), was kept for my own ufe ; fo that, taking it at the lowefl:, 

 the ftatement will ftand thus : 



BuHiels. £. s. d. 



in 1 798 foiir acres and a half, ? ^^j^.^j ^gj ,,hi,h fold for 41 1 7 6. 

 being halt 01 the crop, j' ^ t / 



l'hisyear(i8oo)thefamequano ^ ^ (worth at 1 q 



tity of ground produced only y " " ' ^ ^ fame price J ^ 



Deficient 9I worth 23 2 6 



Thus it appears that the lofs on this year's crop is very great, oc- 

 cafioned, moft probably, by the depredations of this infedt; and be- 

 fides, what feed I have is of an inferior quality. 



The fpecies of clover fown in both thefe fields was the common 

 purple or honey-fuckle clover, which I take to be no other than the 

 Trifolium praienfe oi hmni improved by culture. 



I am, &:c. 



REFERENCES TO THE FIGURES. 



Tab. V. Fig. a. The larva of the natural fize. 



A. The fame magnified, 



b. The chryfalis of the natural fize. 



B. The fame magnified. 



c. The weevil of the natural fize. 



C. The fame magnified. 



d. The individual calyx with the larva eating 



through its bottom, magnified. 



The 



