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LETTER- OF TRANSMITTAL. 
U. S. Department of Agriculture, 
Division of Entomology, 
Washington, D. C, July 18, 1901. 
Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith the manuscript of a paper 
entitled " c The fall army worm and variegated cutworm," prepared 
with his customary thoroughness by Mr. F. H. Chittenden, of this 
Division. The insects are both important crop pests and of wide distri- 
bution, the former ranging from the West Indies to the Great Lakes, 
the latter cosmopolitan, but while known to entomologists, general 
farmers, and truck growers for many years, their life histories have 
never before been made out. This complete account of these species 
will be of great interest to the economic entomologists of the country, 
and it contains ideas and suggestions of much practical value. I rec- 
ommend the publication of this paper as Bulletin 29, new series, of 
this Division. 
Respectfully, L. O. Howard, 
Entomologist. 
Hon. James Wilson, 
Secretary of Agriculture. 
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