OBITUARY. 59 
are to differentiate species, the wing-spotting of which overlaps one 
another, we shall require more figures of the genitalia, and we sincerely 
hope that Count Turati will give them to us.—P. A. H. Muscnamp. 
[I am glad to see Mr. Muschamp’s review of Count Kmilio Turati’s 
“Revision,” which through the kindness of the Count has been on my 
table for some time, and which I had already seen was open to some 
friendly criticism. 
First of all I would draw the attention of our readers to the nomen- 
clature. In February, 1916, I went carefully into the question of the 
synonymy of Syntomis, as also of Zygaena and Adscita, and J think I 
proved there (Ht. Record, vol. xxviil., p. 25) that Syntomzs must fall to 
the genus Amata, Fabricius. Fabricius himself revised his genus 
Zygaena, wherein till that time pheyea had been placed, and created 
Amata for passalis and cerbera, leaving phegea under Aygaena—the 
details are given in my other paper. This action was so definite that 
we have no option but to accept Amata with the type as‘passalis ; phegea 
is con-generic with passalis, and therefore Ochsenheimer’s genus Syn- 
tomis—made for pheyea—must sink as a synonym to it. We can of 
course use the word Syntomidae for the group, though personally I 
should like to see it dropped for Amatidae. I should add that since my 
note in 1916, so conservative a worker as Hampson has accepted the 
genus Amata in place of Syntomis. There is another point I should 
like to give a serious warning on, the genitalia of the genus. Muschamp 
has drawn attention to this point in the cases of aequipuncta versus 
pheqea, but he refers to the uncus only. I would, however, go further, 
the genitalia are normally, I believe, subject to constant asymmetry 
in many parts. I will mention two, the organ that represents the 
“ furca’’ is I believe always asymmetrical and most variable ; and the 
clasps are the same. I have no preparation with the clasps like figure 
1 on plate vi. of the Count’s paper, and in all my “ mounts ”’ the two 
clasps differ from each other both in size and shape and when compared . 
“inter se.’ The uncus agrees generally with the figure there given, 
but only “ generally,” the size and length and stoutness vary much. 
It might be interesting to draw attention to the furca in Amata, 
this organ rises from the rear of the clasps and forms a sort of open 
cone-shaped tunnel between the clasps, whilst ascending in the rear are 
two sclerites, which project forward in two more or less long arms over 
the clasps, these arms being always I believe of different lengths. The 
same principle without the asymmetry occurs in several other groups 
of the Heterocera, and in the Rhopalocera a somewhat similar type of 
organ exists throughout the Chrysophanidae. 
I think we are indebted to the Count for his very interesting paper, 
and the illustrations will make it all the more valuable, but I feel that 
the genitalia are not a safe guide for us in this group, unless a very 
large number were available for comparison.—G.T.B-B.] 
BITUARY. 
The Rey. Frank E. Lowe, M.A., F.E.S. 
To his many friends the news of the death of the Rev. F. E. Lowe, 
will come with something of a shock, for though he has been out of 
health since last autumn, and his more intimate friends were aware 
that no hope was entertained of his ultimate recovery, yet the end 
