Rio de Janeiro, Museu Nacional, 1957-1960. Five parts in four. Large 4to (26.2 x 19.3 cm). 1113 pp. Uniform red cloth with gilt title on the spines.

A massive catalogue, including synonymies and references. Seldom seen complete. "The Miridae are a large and diverse insect family at one time known by the taxonomic synonym Capsidae. Species in the family may be referred to as capsid bugs or "mirid bugs". Common names include plant bugs, leaf bugs, and grass bugs. It is the largest family of true bugs belonging to the suborder Heteroptera; it includes over 10,000 known species, and new ones are being described constantly. Most widely known mirids are species that are notorious agricultural pests that pierce plant tissues, feed on the sap, and sometimes transmit viral plant diseases. Some species, however, are predatory" (Wikipedia). A subdivision of this publication is as follows: I (1957): Cylapinae, Deraecorinae, Bryocorinae (158 pp.); II (1958): Phylinae (216 pp.); III (1958): Orthotylinae (161 pp.); IV (1959): Mirinae (384 pp.); and V (1960) Bibliografia e Índice General, and errata (194 pp.). Published in the museum's Arquivos, Volumes 44 to 51, and bound with several unrelated zoological and botanical studies. Stamp on titles, otherwise a very good, clean set.