Berlin, Akademie Verlag, 1954. 8vo (24.0 x 17.0 cm). 366 pp. [numbered 115-480]; 33 text illustrations, 62 plates (including one larger, folded). Original printed wrappers.

A well-illustrated, in-depth monograph on the diurnal burnet moths, written by the German entomologist and moth specialist Burchard Albert (1898-1988). Published in the series, Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin Vol. 30(2). Occupying the whole issue, except for a very short paper on crocodiles, following in the rear. A very good, clean copy.