Lionel Jack Dumbleton:

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1 208 The New Zealand Entomologist, 1977, Vol. 6 No.3 Lionel Jack Dumbleton: Born in 1905 in Hampden, New Zealand, Jack passed away at Christchurch, after 6 years of indifferent health, on 25 September Jack's friends and interests were on a world scale, and in more than a hundred published papers he demonstrated his encyclopaedic knowledge of entomology, making major contributions to world, and in particular to New Zealand, scientific knowledge. His writings covered detailed observations on many aspects of practical entomology, always at a basic level. In particular, he made major contributions to the biology and systematics of the Aleyrodidae, Blephariceridae, Hepialidae, Ixodoidea, and Simuliidae. In less voluminous papers, he was equally at home with material on pest species, such as the spruce aphid, or providing a key to the species of Typhlocybinae (Leafhoppers) of New Zealand. Such a cosmopolitan knowledge of entomology marked Jack as one of the "old school" of broadly trained and widely experienced workers. His interests in geology and botany rivalled that of the specialists, and his love of mountaineering

2 The New Zealand Entomologist, 1977, Vol. 6 No showed him as a robust and independent character. All these aspects of his life were synthesised in what must become a lasting contribution : "Winter Dormancy in the New Zealand Biota and its Palaeoclimatic Implications". Formal details of Jack's career would be a poor substitute for an account of Jack's very human attitudes. Always frank, even about his own lack of knowledge on some questions, most of his colleagues found him a ready source of entomological answers. To enter his room with a query was always a warming experience. It was as though computerised knowledge was on tap, and his mental retrieval system functioned unerringly to produce a reprint or a reference which would help. If you were interested in entomology, he was interested in your query, be it at an elementary or an elevated level. Just on the eve of his retirement, a stroke interferred with Jack's usually robust health. But it failed to stop him working. Always a right-hander, and with that whole arm incapacitated, and for a time almost without powers of speech, Jack's partial return to health found him typing with his left hand, finishing some major papers, and caring for his house and grounds. To arrange the loan of a microscope and dissecting tools for the dissection of mouthparts of larval Simuliidae, while he was still partly disabled, and to see his illustrations completed as a result, was to realise just how deep Jack's interest and determination was. He will always be remembered as a colleague of ability and quality. He was a foundation member of both Eniomology Division, DSIR, and of the Entomological Society of N.Z., being a Past President of the latter. He is survived by his wife Alice, his daughter (Majorie Sutton) of Hobart, and two sons (Evan and Alistair) of Wellington. APPOINTMENTS HELD Department of Agriculture Auckland University and Waite Research Inst., Adelaide (gaining the degree of B. For. Sci.) Forest Biological Research Station, Nelson Entomologist, Cawthron Inst., Nelson Entomologist, Entomology Division, DSIR, Nelson Army service : Malarial control, S.W. Pacific Entomologist, Entomology Division, DSIR, Nelson Quarantine Oflicer, South Pacific Commission (stationed at Nounlea) Senior Lecturer in Entomology, Lincoln College Entomologist, Entomology Division, DSIR, Lincoln. BIBLIOGRAPHY : Early stages of New Zealand Buprestidae (Coleoptera). Stylops 1: : Report on spruce-aphis investigation for the year ending December, N.Z. Journal of Science and Technology 13: : The apple leaf-roller (Tortrix postvittana Walker). Ibid. 14: : Codling-moth investigations. Ibid. 14: : The apple leaf-hopper (Tvphlocvba australis Frogg.). Ibid. 16: : Note on pear midge parasite. Ibid. 16: : The woolly aphis of pear (Eriosoma lanuginosum Htg.). Ibid. 16: : The alpine weta. N.Z. Alpine Jo~rrnal 6: : Further note on pear midge parasite. N.Z. Jo~rrnal of Science and Technology 16: I0 1935: Apanteles tasmanica Cam.: a braconid parasite of leaf-roller larvae. Ibid. 17: : Codling moth, leaf-roller and bronze beetle. Bulletin of the Cawthron Institute 22.

3 The New Zealand Enlonzologist, 1977, Vol. 6 NO : IV. The biological control of fruit pests in New Zealand. N.Z. Journal of Science and Technology 18: : Apple leaf-hopper investigations. Ibid. 18: : Report on leaf-roller in Central Otago. Ibid. 18: : Borers in fruit-trees. N.Z. Journal of Agriculture 55: : Notes on a new miril bug (Idatiella albisignata Knight). N.Z. Journal of Science and Technologj B20: : The control of woolly aphis by Aphelinlrs mali. Ibid. A20: (with Jeffreys, F. J.) : The lucerne flea (Smynthurus viridis) in New Zealand. Ibid. A20: : Contribution to the physical ecology of Tortrix postvittana, Walk. (Lep.). Bulletin of Entomological Research 30: : Buprestid beetles in New Zealand. N.Z. Journal of Forestry 4: : Tortrix postvittana Walk. and its parasites in Australia. N.Z. Journal of Science and Technology A21: : Oncodes brunneus Hutton: a dipterous spider parasite. Ibid. A22: : Australian parasites of Eriococcus coriaceus Maskell. Ibid. A22: : Carpet beetles damage your clothes. N.Z. Journal of Agriculture 61: : How to distinguish between the grass grub and the subterranean grass caterpillar. Ibid. 62: : The subterranean grass caterpillar, Oxycanus sp., chemical control investigations season. N.Z. Journal of Science and Technologv A22: (with Dick, R. D.) : Anobium magnum (Coleoptera, Anobiidae): a new borer. Ibid. B22: : Chemical control of Oxycan~ts cervinata Walker. -11: experiments in 1941 season. Ibid. A23: (with Dick, R. D.) : The grass grub (Odontria zealandicrr White): a review of the problem in New Zealand. Ibid. A23: : The control of subterranean grass caterpillar in pastures. N.Z. Journal of Agriculture 66: : A new tick from the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus). N.Z. Jo~irnal of Science and Technology B24: : Chemical control of Oxycanus cervinata Walker. -111: experiments in 1942 season. Ibid. A25: : DDT. -a new insecticide. N.Z. Journal of Agriculture 71: : Bacterial and nematode parasites of soil insects. N.Z. Journcrl of Science and Technology A27: : Contributions to the ecology of Oxycanus cervinata Walk. Ibid. A27: : "666" and "D.D.T." as mosquito larvicides. Ibid. A27: : Note on Bironella (Brugella) liollandi Taylor. Ibid. B27: : The red-legged earth mite. Measures for control of pest and protection of vegetables. N.Z. Journal of Agric~dtlrre 74: : Trombidiidae (Acarina) from the Solomon Islands and New Zealand. Transactiom of the Royal Societv of N.Z. 76: : Bumb!e-bee species in New Zealand. N.Z. Journal of Science and Technology A29: : Insects infesting pastures in New Zealand. Proceedings of the N.Z. Grasslands Association 11: : Diplocystis orjcani n.sp.-a gregarine parasite of Oxycunus cervinatus Walk. Transactions of the Royal Society of N.Z. 77: : Chemical control of Oxycanus cervinatns Walker. -1V: experiments in 1947 season. N.Z. Journal of Science and Technology A30: (with Kelsey, I. M.; Hoy, J. M.) : The economic status of Metoponia rzbriceps Macquart. Ibid. B30: : A new genus of seel-infesting micropterygid moths. Pacific Science 6: : Coleophoridae (Lep.) as pests of clovers. N.Z. Jo~rrnal of Science and Technologv A33: : Notes on insects. N.Z. Entomologist l(2): : Rhinoceros beetle in the Kingdom of Tonga. South Pacific Commission Technical Paper No. 34: : Notes on New Zealand Diptera. Transactions of the Rovrl Societv of N.Z. 81:

4 The New Zecland Entomologist, 1977, Vol. 6 No : The ticks (Ixodoidea) of the New Zealand sub-region. Cape Expedition Series. Bulletin 14: : Economic entomology in New Zealand. Proceedings of the VII Pacific Science Congress 4: : Entomological aspects of insect quarantine in New Zealand. Ibid. 4: : A review of progress in mosquito control in the South Pacific area. Ibid. 7: : A note on Aleuroplatus (Orchamus) samoanus Laing (Hemiptera-Homoptera: Aleyrodidae). Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 15(1): : A list of communicable diseases and parasites of domestic and some other animals recorded in South Pacific Territories. South Pacific Commission Technical Paper No. 77: : A list of plant diseases recorded in South Pacific territories. Ibid. 78: 1-78: : A list of insect pests recorded in South Pacific Territories. Ibid. 79: (1) : Digest of plant quarantine regulations - second supplement - South Pacific Commission area. Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations FA0/56/9/6546: : Insect damage to seed crops. Agricultural Bulletin of Canterbury', N.Z. 329: : New Aleyrodidae (Hemiptera: Homoptera) from New Caledonia. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B) 25(7-8): : The Australian Aleyrodidae (Hemiptera-Homoptera). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 81: : Parasites and predators introduced into the Pacific islands for the biological control of insects and other pests. South Pacific Commission Technical Paper No. 101: [in error author given as C. P. Hoyt, but see erratum] : The New Zealand Aleyrodidae (Hemiptera: Homoptera). Pacific Science 11: : The immature stages of some New Zealand longhorn beetles (Coleoptera- Cerambycidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of N.Z. 84: : Bat-infesting Ornithodoros (Ixodoidea-Argasidae) of the Oriental-Australian Region. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 83: : The occurrence of an argasid tick in New Zealand. N.Z. Journal of Science 1: : The Rhinoceros beetle as a regional problem in the South Pacific. Proceedings of the VIll Pacific Science Congress 3A: : Clover case-bearers. N.Z. Journal of Agriculture 99: : Larval Simuliidae (Diptera) from Navarino Island, Tierra del Fuego. N.Z. Journal of Science 3: : The Aleyrodidae (Hemiptera-Homoptera) of New Caledonia. Pacific Science 15: : The ticks (Acarina: Ixodoidea) of sea birds in New Zealand waters. N.Z. Journal of Science 4: : Aleyrodidae (Hemiptera: Homoptera) from the South Pacific. Ibid. 4: : Aberrant head-structure in larval Simuliidae (Diptera). Pacific Insects 4: : A new parasitic mite (Acarina: Trombidiidae) on Orthoptera. N.Z. Journal of Science 5: : A new species and new sub-genus of Aedes (Diptera: Culicidae) from New Zealand. Ibid. 5: : Taxonomic characters in the pre-adult stages of Simuliidae (Diptera). Ibid. 5: : Acarology in New Zealand. N.Z. Entomologist 3(1): : A synopsis of the ticks (Acarina : Ixodoidea) of New Zealand. Tuatara 11: : New Zealand Blepharoceridae (Diptera: Nematocera). N.Z. Journal of Science 6: PO 1963: The biology and control of Coleophora spp. (Lepidoptera-Coleophoridae) on white clover. N.Z. Journal of Agricultural Research 6: : The classification and distribution of the Simuliidae (Diptera) with particular reference to the genus Austrosimulium. N.Z. Journal of Science 6: : Rediscovery of the mosquito Aedes subalbirostris Klein and Marks. N.Z. Entomologist 3(2): ; 1963: Evolution in some aquatic Nematocera (Diptera:. Ibid. 3(2): : The first instar larva in the genus Austrosimulium (Diptera: Simuliidae). N.Z. Journal of Science 7: : Biology and control of the clover casebearer. Proceedings of the N.Z. Weed and Pest Control Conference 17:

5 The New Zealand Entomologist, 1977, Vol. 6 No : New records of Hemiptera-Homoptera and a key to the leafhoppers (Cicadellidae- Typhlocybinae) in New Zealand. N.Z. Journal of Science 7: : Notes on insects N.Z. Entomologist 3(3): : Developmental stages and biology, of Culisera tonnoiri (Edwards) and a note on Culex pemigilans Bergroth (Diptera: Cul~c~dae!. N.Z. Journal of Science 8: S9 1966: Immature stages of two aquatic Empididae (Dipt.). Ibid. 9: : Genitalia, classification and zoogeography of the New Zealand Hepialidae (Lepidoptera). Ibid. 9: : A new species of Trioza Foerster (Homoptera: Psyllidae) from the Chatham Islands. N.Z. Entomologist 3(5): : A note on the genus Ultracoelostoma Cockerell (Homoptera: Margarodidae). Ibid 3(5): : Cicadella melissae (Curtis) and ldiocerus decimuquartus Schrank (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) established in New Zealand. Ibid. 3(5): : Winter dormancy in New Zealand biota and its paleoclimatic implications. N.Z. Jortrnal of Botany 5: : A pupal structure in Simulium clathrirzurn Mackerras & Mackerras and related species (Diptera: Simuliidae). N.Z. Journal of Science 10: : A synopsis of the New Zealand mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) and a key to the larvae. Tuaiara 16: : Canterbury Diptera. (in section The invertebrate fauna of the rivers and streams, by Vida M. Stout, from The Natural History of Canterbury, edited by G. A. Knox. Reed, 1969, p ) : Culicoides mollis Edwards (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) on Aitutaki Island, Cook Islands. N.Z. Entomologist 4(2): : A new species of Ephydrella Tonnoir and Malloch (Diptera: Ephydridae) from hot springs and notes on other Diptera from mineralised waters. Ibid. 4(2): : New Simuliidae (Diptera) from New Caledonia and Norfolk Island. N.Z. Journal of Science 12: : Pleistocene climates and insect distributions: presidential address, May, 1969, Entomological Society of New Zealand. N.Z. Entomologist 4(3): : Aquatic orders and Neuroptera. In: Symposium: the present status of taxonomic entomology in New Zealand. Ibid. 4(3): : Flockiella sp. (Hymenoptera-Eulophidae) from eucalyptus. N.Z. Journal of Science 14: : The biting midge Styloconops myersi (Tonnoir) (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). description of male and redescription of female. Ibid. 14: : An ice Chironomid. N.Z. Entomologist 5: : The genus Austrosimulium Tonnoir (Diptera: Simuliidae) with particular reference to the New Zealand fauna. N.Z. Journal of Science 15: : Simulium laciniatum Edwards-a valid species (Simuliidae: Diptera). Journal of the Royal Society of N.Z. 3: : A note on Morifziella corticalis (Homoptera: Phylloxeridae). N.Z. Entomologist 5: 345. A. D. LOWE G. W. RAMSAY