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LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL 



U. S. Department of Agriculture, 



Bureau of Entomology, 



Washington, D. C, October IS, 1910. 



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



Bulletin No. 85, eight papers dealing with cereal and forage insects. 



These papers, which were issued separately during the years 1909 



and 1910, are as follows: The Lesser Clover-leaf Weevil, by F. M. 



Webster; The Slender Seed-corn Ground-beetle, by W. J. Phillips; 



The Clover-root Curculio, by V. L. Wildermuth; The Sorghum Midge, 



by W. Harper Dean; The New Mexico Range Caterpillar, by C. N. 



Ainslie; Contributions to a Knowledge of the Corn Root-aphis, by 



R. A. Vickery; The Smoky Crane-fly, by James A. Hyslop; The 



Cowpea Curculio, by Geo. G. Ainslie. 



Respectfully, L. O. Howard, 



Entomologist and Chief of Bureau. 



Hon. James Wilson, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



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