LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL 



Alameda, Cal., September 1 % 1892. 

 Stk : I have the honor to submit herewith a report of my recent trip 

 to New Zealand, Australia, and adjacent islands, which was under- 

 taken by your authority and with the cooperation of the California 

 State Board of Horticulture, for the purpose of studying- the parasitic 

 and predaceous insects of those countries, with a view to introducing 

 the same upon the scale insects of California. 

 Very respectfully, 



Albert Koebele, 



Special Agent. 

 Hon. J. M. Rusk, 



-Secretary of Agriculture. 



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