60. THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S RECORD. 
came with unexpected swiftness. On February 11th he was taking 
part in the funeral of Dr. Aikman, and on the 21st his own call came, 
so that he has died ‘“‘in harness,” as he himself would certainly have 
wished. Born in 1854, he entered the University of Durham as a 
scholar in 1872, becoming Grieve Exhibitioner the following year, 
and taking his B.A. in 1875, L.Th. in 1876, and M.A. in 1879. He 
was ordained in 1877 to the Curacy of St. Paul’s, Burton-on-Trent, 
where he remained till 1880, when he entered on his long incumbency 
of St. Stephen’s, Guernsey, first as Curate-in-charge and from 1885, 
when it became a separate parish, as Vicar. This is not the place to 
speak of his clerical activities, which were both strenuous and success- 
ful, and we must content ourselves with the statement that he will be 
most sorely missed in the Church life of the island, and above all in 
the parish, where for nearly 88 years he had been so much loved and 
respected. 
But it was not only in Guernsey that he won admiration and 
affection ; there are not many people whose company on an entomo- 
logical expedition, and even more whose companionship in a hotel 
gave to their friends more sincere delight; it was always felt that if 
Mr. Lowe was going to be there we should have “a good time.” He 
married young, in 1878, and Mrs. Lowe was (and is) also an enthusi- 
astic entomologist and a notable wielder of the net. Many a delight- 
ful day have my wife, her sister, and I spent in their company in 
various parts of Switzerland, more especially in the Rhone valley and 
on the Simplon Pass. We first met at Sépey in 1897, and have thus 
enjoyed over twenty years of unbroken friendship. Mr. Lowe 
became a Fellow of the Entomological Society in 1894, and though 
his distant home precluded all possibility of regular attendsnee, he 
generally contrived to arrange his occasional visits to London in such 
a way as to attend one of the Society's meetings. His first contri- 
bution to this magazine was in 1897, his last in December, 1917, and 
between those dates it was indeed rarely that his name failed to 
appear in the “ List of Contributors.” In addition to many interesting 
notes on the entomology of his island home, his expeditions in 
France, Spain, Germany, N. Italy, the Tyrol, and various parts of 
Switzerland have been chronicled for us in his own cheerful and breezy 
style, and his writings seem to embody much of his sunny character. 
His keen sense of humour, his imperturbable good temper and readiness 
to make the best of a situation are, for instance, all unconsciously 
portrayed in his account (vol. xiv., p. 380) of his capture as a spy at 
Neu Breisach, in 1902. He also wrote for many years in the’ ‘‘ Hnto- 
mologist ” to which he contributed notes and occasionally longer articles, 
beginning as far back as 1883, his last note being in November, 1917. 
For entomologists his name is enshrined in the name of Dianthoecia 
(Luperina) luteago var. lowet, Tutt, which he discovered, and in the 
Chrysophanid genus Loweia, Tutt, to which such well-known forms 
as dorilis, alciphron, gordius and anphidamas belong. 
Mr. Lowe leaves a widow and one daughter, who is married to the 
Rey. Charles Lucas, Rector of Kettering, with whom all his friends will 
feel the deepest sympathy.—G.W. 
Correction.—Page 25, lines 19 and 21 for “ Tviscotia’”’ read 
“ Triscolia.” 
