﻿LETTER 
  OF 
  TRANSMITTAL. 
  

  

  U. 
  S. 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  

  

  Bureau 
  of 
  Entomology, 
  

   Washington, 
  D. 
  C, 
  July 
  2J 
  h 
  1912. 
  

   Sir: 
  I 
  have 
  the 
  honor 
  to 
  transmit 
  the 
  manuscript 
  of 
  a 
  paper 
  en- 
  

   titled 
  "The 
  Dispersion 
  of 
  the 
  Gipsy 
  Moth," 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  result 
  of 
  

   extensive 
  studies 
  made 
  to 
  determine 
  the 
  means 
  by 
  which 
  this 
  insect 
  

   is 
  spread. 
  The 
  gipsy 
  moth 
  has 
  caused 
  enormous 
  injury 
  to 
  the 
  horti- 
  

   cultural, 
  forestry, 
  and 
  shade-tree 
  interests 
  in 
  the 
  New 
  England 
  

   States, 
  and 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  the 
  investigations 
  made 
  have 
  an 
  important 
  

   bearing 
  on 
  the 
  proper 
  methods 
  of 
  restricting 
  the 
  further 
  spread 
  of 
  

   this 
  serious 
  pest. 
  

  

  I 
  recommend 
  the 
  publication 
  of 
  this 
  manuscript 
  as 
  Bulletin 
  No. 
  119 
  

   of 
  this 
  bureau. 
  

  

  Respectfully, 
  

  

  L. 
  O. 
  Howard, 
  

   Entomologist 
  and 
  Chief 
  of 
  Bureau. 
  

   Hon. 
  James 
  Wilson, 
  

  

  Secretary 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  

  

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