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I have just got a Pricelist of Butt[erflie]s. from a german [sic] dealer.³ He has over 800 S[outh]. American species — a great many at 2d to 4^d each, but also a good many from 5/- to 10/- and upwards. Pap[ilionidae]. Sesotris [sic] is ^s.1/6^d- Morpho Necuba ^s.50/- no females —[.] Generally the ♀are dearer than the males. If you write to him he will send you the list, and you might also ask him to recommend a good locality for butterflies, — or to name the best districts he knows for a collector in S[outh]. America. He will be sure to tell you. You might also ask whether he buy any of the species in his list (at 2/- & upwards) at 2/3 the price marked or at what proportion. He [MS damaged] <may> be useful for you to know. Also ask [MS damaged] <if?> you send him sets from any place [MS damaged] <where?> you are, he will have them [MS damaged] that price, or at what average, [MS damaged] also will send you a list of the [MS damaged] <to> guide your future collecting.

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[2]⁵This can do no harm, and may be <very> [MS damaged] useful to you. His address is —

H. Fruhstörfer, Zieten-Strasse II.

Berlin W. Germany