LF/lTHR OF TRANSMITTAL 
U. S. Department of Agriculture, 
Bureau of Entomology, 
Washington, D. C, March 5, 1907. 
Sir: I have the honor to transmit for publication the accompanying 
manuscript entitled *' The Chinch Bug," by F. M. Webster, in charge 
pi the cereal and forage-plant insect investigations of this Bureau. 
This is a thorough revision by Mr. Webster of his earlier account of 
thi- destructive pest published in 1898 as Bulletin No. 15, neAV series, 
pf this office, and includes additional data based on observations made 
during the past eight or nine } r ears. I recommend that it be pub- 
lished as Bulletin No. 69 of the Bureau of Entomology. 
Respectfully, 
L. O. Howard, 
Entomologist and Chief of Bureau. 
Hon. James Wilson, 
Secretary of Agriculture. 
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