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Lippstadt³,

Sept[ember]. 28, [18]78.

Dear Sir,

With the greatest interest I have lately read your admirable work on Tropical Nature⁴ and I would like to give an abstract of it in one of our Journals, but unfortunately I do not understand the meaning of some of the English names of of plants, birds, butterflies and moths made use of in your work. I would, therefore, be very much obliged to you if you would ^be/ good enough and write me the systematical names belonging to the following English ones: blue-bell ([Cam]panula?), milk-wort (Polygala?), [Butter]cups (Ranunculus?), chatterers (Bombycilla ^Cotingidaegarrula?), gold-crest-warbler (Regulus cristatus?), gaper (Muscicapa^Eurylaemus?), barbets (Bucco?), (Camperwell-beauty [sic] ^{Vanessa antiopa}, blues (Lycaenae?), coppers (Polyommatus?), Emperor-Moth (Saturnia- carpini ^{pavonia [1 word illeg]} ), Purple-Emperor, ^{Apatura iris} Magpie ^{Abraxas grossulariata} Mullein-moth, ^{Cucullia verbasci} Orange -tip-butterfly, (Anthocharis cardamines⁵?) [2] Yellow-underwing-moth (Triphaena pronuba?)

With the most sincere respect | Yours | very faithfully | Dr. Hermann Müller⁶ [signature]| Oberlehrer^{7, 8}.