LETTEE OF TRANSMITTAL. 
United States Department of Agriculture, 
Division of Entomology, 
Washington, D. C, February 5, 1896. 
Sir : I have the honor to submit for publication the second number 
of the technical series of bulletins of this office, intended especially for 
working entomologists, and to be distributed also to learned societies 
and to x>eriodicals and libraries. The phytophagic Eurytoininre here 
considered, mainly from the classificatory standpoint, work in the stems 
of grasses and small grains and in the seeds of grapes. 
Eespectfully, 
L. O. Howard, 
Entomologist. 
Hon. J. Sterling Morton, 
Secretary of Agriculture. 
