LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL 
TJ. S. Department of Agriculture, 
Division of Entomology, 
Washington, D. C, November 30, 1897. 
Sir: I have the honor to submit for jmblication an account of the 
Gipsy Moth (Porthetria dispar) in Massachusetts and the efforts which 
the State has been making to exterminate it. This report has bee ; 
prepared in accordance with a provision made in the appropriation 
bill for this Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1898. I 
recommend it for publication as Bulletin No. 11, new series, of this 
division. 
Respectfully, 
L. O. Howard, 
Entomologist. 
Hon. James Wilson, 
Secretary of Agriculture. 
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