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information regarding its habits. These weevils, in all the three 
stages of grub, chrysalis, and beetle, much resemble the fore- 
going, excepting in being about a third larger, and in the weevil 
having, besides the three light stripes along its back or apparent 
neck, some light spots or points between them, whence it takes 
its name of puncticoUis ; and instead of the lines on the wing- 
cases, from which the pea-weevil takes the name of lineata, the 
clover-root weevil has some dark interrupted streaks. 
The larvae were forwarded to me early in April ; these 
turned to chrysalids in earth-cells from the later part of May 
onwards, and the first weevils from them appeared about 
June 10th. The changes took place later in their natural 
state ; there the chrysalids were found in great numbers in the 
earth amongst the clover-roots, and by July 11 the weevils were 
plentiful on the field of clover from which my specimens had 
been sent. 
These root-grubs appear to be far more destructive than 
those of the pea-weevil. On the 23rd of March they were 
found feeding on the tap-root of the clover, and sometimes at 
the smaller extremities ; in some instances large holes had been 
eaten, and in all cases the injured part turned black. At the 
above date two or three or sometimes more grubs were to be 
found at the root of every clover-plant that was examined ; by 
the 10th of April they were more numerous, and in no instance 
was a diseased plant found without a grub ; but where the plant 
was totally dead, no grubs were to be found. The clover 
observed was a large field of twenty-four acres, of which twelve 
acres were in wheat and twelve in barley in the preceding year 
(1881), and it was noticed that the grubs were much more 
plentiful on the solid wheat-land than on the loose barley-land. 
Also it was observed that in another field of clover, where " the 
wheat had stood about " (for a month or more) in the previous 
August and September, that all through the spring the spots 
where the " traves " of wheat had stood were untouched, 
although the clover between was dying from attack. 
This grub is sometimes known as the " White Maggot," and 
the characteristic of the attacked parts of the clover-root turning 
black has been observed elsewhere. Suitable weather for good 
growth, or such treatment and applications as may encourage 
this, and rolling where practicable, appear to be the only means 
known of at present to check the attack of these weevils. 
I beg to acknowledge the kind assistance of Prof. Westwood 
in determining with certainty the species of these weevils, and 
other specimens submitted to him. 
The third kind of injurious insect reported, of which the habits 
had not previously been made out, is the Hylemyia coarctata, a. 
