Blackflies (Simuliidae) (Fauna of the USSR Diptera Vol. 6, Pt 6)

Description:

2nd edition. Translated from Russian by B.R. Sharma.

Condition

8vo, orig. art. leather, worn, shaken and slack, stitching strained in a number of places. Roger Crosskey's working copy, with his annotations to text; his Review of the present book, from Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, tipped-in; 2 ms pages in Dr. Crosskey's hand listing 'new species/varieties in Rubtsov 1956 monograph', stapled, tipped in at rear. Roger Crosskey (1930-2017) was a British dipterist at the Natural History Museum, London, a specialist on blackflies (Simuliidae).