LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 



U. S. Department of Agriculture, 



Bureau of Entomology, 

 Washington, B.C., June 10, 1909. 

 Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith, for pubhcation as 

 Bulletin No. 63, seven papers dealing with the cotton boll weevil and 

 related and associated insects. These papers, which were issued sep- 

 arately during the early part of the year 1907, are as follows: Hiber- 

 nation and Development of the Cotton Boll Weevil, by E. Dwight 

 Sanderson; Notes on the Biology of Certain Weevils Kelated to the 

 Cotton Boll Weevil, by W. Dwight Pierce; An Ant Enemy of the 

 Cotton Boll Weevil, by W. E. Hinds; A Predatory Bug Reported as 

 an Enemy of the Cotton Boll Weevil, by A. C. Morgan; Notes on the 

 Pepper Weevil, by F. C. Pratt ; The Straw^berry Weevil in the South- 

 Central States in 1905, by A. W. Morrill; The Cotton Stalk-Borer, 

 by A. C. Morgan. 



Respectfully, L. O. Howard, 



Chief of Bureau. 

 Hon. James Wilson, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



