LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 



U. S. Department of Agriculture, 



Division of Entomology, 

 Washington, D. C, /September 16, 1896. 

 Sir: I have the lion or to transmit herewith the manuscript of the 

 secretary's report of the proceedings of the eighth annual meeting of 

 the Association of Economic Entomologists, which was held at Buffalo, 

 N. Y., August 21 and 22, 1896. From the fact that the proceedings of 

 this association are of the highest economic importance the Department 

 has hitherto published the secretary's reports in the bulletins of this 

 division, and I therefore recommend that the present report be pub- 

 lished as No. 6 of the new series of bulletins. 

 Respectfully, 



L. O. Howard, 



Hon. J. Sterling Morton, 



/Secretary of Agriculture. 



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Entomologist. 



