LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL 
U. S. Department of Agriculture, 
Division of Entomology, 
Washington, D. C, January 21, 1897. 
Sir: I transmit herewith the manuscript of Bulletin No. 8, new 
series, of this division. It consists of a collection of accounts of obser- 
vations made by Mr. F. H. Chittenden in the progress of his work in the 
preparation of a complete report on insects affecting stored vegetable 
products, and its publication at this time is urged on account of the 
obvious desirability of an immediate record of the numerous important 
observations already made, as more fully explained in the preface. 
Eespectfully, 
L. O. Howard, 
Entomologist. 
Secretary of Agriculture. 
Hon. J. Sterling Morton, 
