Ruwenzori Expedition 1934-5. Vol. 1-3

Description:

Vol. 1, nos 1-6 (of 7); Vol. 2, nos 1-5 (of 9); Vol. 3, nos 1-10 (of 13). Includes: Vol. 1, no. 1: Introduction with List of Localities; no. 2, Simulidae, by E.G. Gibbins; no. 3, Mosquitoes, by F.W. Edwards & E.G. Gibbins; no. 4, Psychodidae, by A.L. Tonnoir; no. 5, Ceratopogonidae, by J.W.S. Macfie; no. 6, Bibionidae, by D. Elmo Hardy; (lacks no. 7).

Vol. 2, no. 1, Stratiomyiidae, by E. Lindner; no. 2, Rhagionidae, Tabanidae, Asilidae, Bombyliidae, by H. Oldroyd; nos. 3-4, Muscidae, by F. van Emden; no. 5, Empididae, by C. Garrett Jones (lacks nos. 6-9).

Vol. 3: no. 1, Trichoptera, by M.E. Mosely; no. 2, Siphonaptera, by K. Jordan; no.3, Rhopalocera, by A.G. Gabriel; no.4, Lymantriidae, by C.L. Collenette; no.5, Ephemeroptera and Neuroptera, by D.E. Kimmins; no.6, Coleoptera: Carabidae, by L.Burgeon; no. 7, Trechinae, by R. Jeannel; no.8, Staphylinidae, by M. Bernhauer; no. 9, Hydrophilidae, by J. Balfour-Browne; no.10, Lycidae, by R. Kleine (lacks nos. 11-13).

This botanical and entomological expedition explored the eastern Ruwenzori it took place from September 1934 - March 1935. The joint leaders were the entomologist Frederick Wallace Edwards and the botanist George Taylor, of the British Museum (Natural History).

Condition

21 (of 29) parts bound in 3 vols, 8vo, buckram. Good ex-lib. with occasional ink stamps.