LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 
U. 8S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 
DIVISION OF ENTOMOLOGY, 
Washington, D. C., September 10, 1897. 
Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith the manuscript of the 
secretary’s report of the Proceedings of the Ninth Annual Meeting of 
the Association of Economic Entomologists, which was held at Detroit, 
Mich., August 12 and 13, 1897. The proceedings of this association 
are of the greatest economic importance, and the secretary’s reports 
have hitherto been published in bulletins of this division. I there- 
fore recommend the publication of the present report as Bulletin No. 
9, new series. 
Respectfully, L. O. HOWARD, 
Hntomologist. 
Hon. JAMES WILSON, 
Secretary of Agriculture. 
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