THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



No. 108.] SEPTEMBER, MDCCCLXXII. [Pbice 6d. 



Correspondence, Notes, Captures, 8fc. 



CLOVER- SEED WEEVIL. 



a. Larva. 6. Pupa. c. The perfect -weevil : the short line between the 

 figures shows the length of the insect. 



Clover-seed Weevil. — I forward you some heads of cow- 

 grass seed. Will you kindly tell me the uame of the insect 

 that produces the maggot you will find in each head? 

 The mischief caused by it is very great; it will totally spoil 

 the crop of seed. I lost more than ^£100 by it last year, and 

 now find this year's crop as bad ; eight out of every ten 

 heads I believe are infected, consequently the loss this year 

 will be worse than last. — fV. Herbert; Wyfield Manor, 

 Newhury. 



[The "clover-seed weevil" appears but little known to 

 agriculturists, although the injurious character of its depreda- 

 tions is perhaps better known than that of any other of our 

 agricultural pests, the turnip-fly not excepted. It is a singular- 

 looking and extremely minute weevil, of the form represented 

 in the figure, which I have copied from Curtis's ' Farm 

 Insects,' p. 476: a, represents the larva; i, the pupa; and 

 c, the perfect insect or weevil. The earliest description with 



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