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made intellectual lethargy impossible, and his energy found vent in a 

 number of notes on general subjects that lie, alas, unfinished, as also 

 the manuscript of a book upon Nature in Borneo, that he did not 

 despair of completing. It is to be hoped that much of this posthumous 

 work may yet see the light. 



In 1908 he married Audrey Gurney Richardson, of Corfe Down 

 Vicarage, Bath, but their happiness was quickly marred by his break- 

 down. During the last two years at Margate it was the devotion of 

 his wife and his intellectual vigour which kept him alive and sane 

 through the monotony of suffering. He underwent several operations, 

 but pain became more and more frequent, till it developed into almost 

 unbroken agony, and though his end, when at last it came, was most 

 distressing, his friends can but be glad that he is at rest. 



Entomologists the world over will offer their most respectful and 

 sincere sympathy to his widow ; but all will exclaim, " Oh, the pity 

 of it ! " 



Nomenclature. 



At the April meeting of the Entomological Society of London a 

 Committee was appointed to consider the question of Nomenclature, 

 with a view to the coming International Congress. The following 

 Fellows were chosen to form the Committee, with power to add to 

 their number:— Mr. G. T. Bethune-Baker, Dr. T. A. Chapman, Messrs. 

 J. H. Durrant, H. J. Turner, C. 0. Waterhouse, and Rev. G. Wheeler. 

 Mr. L. B. Prout was afterwards co-opted. The Committee, which 

 probably represented every divergent form of opinion on the subject, 

 was nevertheless unanimous in drawing up the following report, 

 which was adopted as a resolution by the Entomological Society of 

 London at their Meeting on Wednesday, June 5th, 1912, for presenta- 

 tion to the International Congress of Entomology in August. 



" The present independent and irresponsible methods of giving and 

 adopting names having resulted in much unnecessary synonymy, and 

 even graver abuses, the Entomological Society of London feels that 

 the time has arrived when some check should be placed upon the 

 practice, of more weight than that which can be exercised by any 

 single individual, society, or publication, and would urge upon the 

 International Congress the establishment of a permanent International 

 Committee to deal with questions of nomenclature as affecting 

 Entomology ; to consider what elucidations, extensions or emendations, 

 if any, are required in the International Code, and to confer with the 

 International Commission of Zoological Nomenclature. The Entomo- 

 logical Society of London recommends that the International Entomo- 

 logical Committee, when formed, shall take such action as to ensure 

 the adequate representation of I'.ntomology on the International 

 Zoological Commission. The Society also recommends that, consider- 

 ing the difficulty of fi'e(]nent International meetings, the leading 

 Entomological Society of each country be invited to appoint a 

 Committee whose duty it shall l)e to deal with all questions arising in 

 their own country, subject to reference to the International Committee; 

 and suggests that the international Committee be composed of two, or 

 three, members of each of the National Committees, elected either by 

 the Committees, or directly by the electing Societies." 



