﻿LETTEE 
  OF 
  SUBMITTAL. 
  

  

  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  

  

  DiYisioN 
  OF 
  Entomology, 
  

  

  Washington, 
  D. 
  C, 
  July 
  31, 
  1882. 
  

   Sir 
  : 
  On 
  behalf 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Entomological 
  Commission 
  and 
  

   in 
  accordance 
  with 
  the 
  act 
  of 
  Congress, 
  approved 
  March 
  3, 
  1881, 
  which 
  

   provides 
  that 
  the 
  reports 
  of 
  said 
  Commission 
  be 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  Commis- 
  

   sioner 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  I 
  have 
  the 
  honor 
  to 
  submit 
  this, 
  its 
  third 
  report, 
  

   which 
  was 
  in 
  preparation 
  and 
  was 
  ordered 
  by 
  Congress 
  while 
  the 
  Com- 
  

   mission 
  was 
  yet 
  under 
  the 
  Interior 
  Department. 
  

   Eespectfully, 
  

  

  C. 
  Y. 
  EILEY, 
  

  

  Chief 
  U. 
  8. 
  E. 
  G. 
  

   Hon. 
  Geo. 
  B. 
  Loring, 
  

  

  Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  

  

  (xr) 
  

  

  