PET ReORS TeANS MITT AL. 
UnitEp SraTes GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 
Drivisron oF Fosstu Insects, 
Cambridge, Mass., December 31, 1891. 
Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith the manuscript of and 
drawings for a report upon the Tertiary Rhynchophorous Coleoptera of 
the United States, the first of a series upon the fossil insects of this country, 
in continuation of my report upon the Tertiary insects of North America, 
which forms Volume xm of the Reports of the U. 8. Geological Survey of the 
Territories, under Dr. F. V. Hayden. 
Very respectfully, yours, 
SamuEL H. Scupper, 
Paleontologist in charge. 
Hon. J. W. PowE.., 
Director U.S. Geological Survey, Washington, D. C. 
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