4 LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 
Tlio ])rosent year will witness the recurrenee in the Southern States 
of the lar^cest of the lo-year broods of this insert, and the prompt 
])ul)li('ation of this Bulletin is therefore advised to meet in(|uiries 
for information and to assist in the eolleetion of aeeurate records of 
this and su])se((uent broods. 
Respectfully, 
L. O. Howard, 
Entomologist and Chief of Bureau. 
lion. James Wilson, 
Secretary of Agriculture. 
