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LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 



U. S. Department of Agriculture, 



Bureau of Entomology, 



Washington, D. C, December 11 , 1912. 

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

 Bulletin No. 95, seven papers dealing with cereal and forage insects; 

 and methods for their control. These papers, which were issued 

 separately during the years 1911 and 1912, are as follows: The 

 Timothy Stem-Borer, by W. J. Phillips; The Maize Billbug, by 

 E. 0. G. Kelly; Chinch-Bug Investigations West of the Mississippi 

 Eiver, by E. O. G. Kelly and T. H. Parks; The So-Called " Curlew 

 Bug," by F. M. Webster; The False Wireworms of the Pacific North- 

 west, by James A. Hyslop; The Legume Pod Moth and The Legume 

 Pod Maggot, by James A. Hyslop; The Alfalfa Looper, by James 

 A. Hyslop. 



Respectfully, L. O. Howard, 



Chief of Bureau. 

 Hon. James Wilson, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



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