Dr. Carmelo De Lucca who died on the 6th March, 1971, was born at Msida, Malta, on the 24th November, 1916. He studied at the Lyceum and later at the Royal University of Malta, where he obtained the Bachelorship in Science and qualified as a Pharmaceutical Chemist in 1939. He graduated in Medicine in 1943. Dr. De Lucca was a Member of the British Ornithologists' Union, the British Ornithologists' Club, the British Trust for Ornithology and the Societa` Italiana di Scienze Naturali, a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society of London and the local representative of the Royal Naval Bird Watching Society. A list of publications by Dr. De Lucca is also presented.peer-reviewe

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56 Montebello, Manager of the Milk Market-ing Undertaking. References AGIUS, E. (1965) Arch. lust. Pasteur Tun's, 42, 31. AGIus-FERRANTE, T.J. (1970) Pe:sonal Commun'ca tion. AL',·);, G.G., (1958), S:. Luke'~ Ho~:->. Gn. Ma:ta. G.\RG\NI, G. (1952), C:n. vet. M lan, 75, 257. Report. (1<;40) Med. & r-:L,a::h De?t. M'da; (1964-1959) Hea:'th Dept., M:da; (1971) Jo 'lt FAO/ "'HO EXp8rt Comm:::tee en B~uc~'lcGs, F:fth Ropo:·t. DR. C. DE LUCCA ANO HIS WORK AS A BIOLOGIST MARIO GAUCI Dr. Carmelo De Lucca who died on the 6th March, 1971, was born at Msida, Malta, on the 24th November, 1916. He studied at the Lyceum and later at the Royal University of Malta, where he ob-tained the Bachelorship in Science and qualified as a Pharmaceutical Chemist in 1939. He graduated in Medicine in 1943. He served as Resident Medical Officer in the various Hospitals of the island from 1943 to 1946. He was appointed District Medical Officer on the 24th August, 1946 with residence in the village of Gharghur, Malta, where he lived until his death and in whose neighbourhood he carried out many of his observations on the entomo-logical and ornithological life of Malta. Dr. De Lucca was at the University of Malta as Demonstrator in Biology for the periods 1947-50, 1953-56 and from January to May 1959 and from 1962 up to the time of his death as Lecturer i,n Pharmacognosy. In 1964 Dr. De Lucca was invited to attend a congress of Mediterranean Bio-logists, held at the Institut Oceanogra-phique of Monaco by the Commission Internationale pour l'etude scientifique de la Mer Mediterranee. At this Congress he read a paper entitled "The place of Lepi-doptera in the Zoogeography of the Mal-tese Islands" which was published in the Rapports et Proces-verbaux des Reunions de la C.I.E.S.M.M. (volume xviii (2) 1965). When the Ministry of Education, Cul-ture and Tourism decided to set up a Na-tional Sciences and Folklore Museum at Vilhena Palace at Notabile, Malta, Dr. De Lucca was appointed, on the 1st July 1967, Assistant Curator of the Natural History Section. On the 'death on the 3rd October 1970 of the Curator of the Section, the late Professor H. Micallef, Dr. De Lucca acted as Curator. In 1969, Dr. De Lucca published "A revised check list of the Birds of the Mal-tese Islands". This check-list was the re-sult of about forty years of watching, re-cording and collecting as many specimens as could be reasonably found in the Mal-tese Island. Particular attention was given to re-assessing and determining the sub-species of birds found in both islands and to arranging the Families, Genera, etc., in accordance with modern views on Bird Systematics. The Publishers (E. W. Clas-sey Ltd. of Hampton, Middlesex) in the Introduction wrote: ". . . Self -advertise-" ment would sit strangely on the should-"ers of the author of the present work " and in fact, the reader will find that the "work itself is all that is necessary, or "indeed could be said, in praise of his " scholarship." Through the good offices of Dr. De Lucca, his father, Mr. Vincenzo De Lucca, donated in 1969 to the Museum Depart-ment, Malta, a fine collection of birds con-sisting of over 600 mounted specimens and including a number of rare items. In 1970 Dr. 1. R. F. Brown and Pro-fessor W. H. Bannister of the Deparment of Physiology and Biochemistry of the Royal University of Malta and Dr. De Lucca published "A comparison of Mal-tese and Sicilian Sparrow Haemoglobins" in the Journal of Comparative Biochemis-try and Physiology, vol. 34 published by the Pergamon Press of Great Britain. Dr. De Lucca was a Member of the British Ornithologists' Union, the British Ornithologists' Club, the British Trust for Ornithology and the Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali, a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society of London and the local representative of the Royal Naval Bird Watching Society. A list of publications by Dr. De Luc-ca is given below: 1948 Notes on some moths observed at Malta. "The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine", vol. lxxxiv, 30th July, 1948, listing seven moths occurring in but not previously recorded for Malta. Some species of Crambidae (Lepi-doptera, Heteroneura, Pyralinae) observed in Malta - "The Entomologist", vol. lxxxi, October, 1948. Six species of Lepidopterous fauna not previously recorded for Malta. Some aspects of the Biology of the Lepidoptera - "Scientia", vol. xiv, No. 2 April-June, 1948. A description of the life stages of Lepidoptera. 1949 Further moth captures from Malta -"The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine", vol. lxxxv, 25th April, 1949. Nine species of Lepidoptera not previously recorded for Malta. Further notes on Lepidoptera Hetero-cerna from Malta - "The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine", vol. lxxxv, 22nd Juliy, 1949. Eleven species of Lepidoptera caught between 1940-48 and not previously re-corded for Malta. Microlepidptera new to the Maltese Islands - "The Entomologist", vol. lxxxii, July, 1949. Twelve species of microlepidoptera not previously recorded for Malta. 57 1950 Contributo all'Ornitologia delle lsole Maltesi - "Ri vista Italiana di Ornitolo-gia", anno xx, serie II, 1950. Systemic list of rare or accidental birds caught in Malta since about 1936. Casual immigrant Rhopalocera in Malta - "The Entomologist", vol. lxxxiii, February, 1950. An account of species of Rhopalocera occurring in Malta and recorded by va-rious authors. A contribution to the list of Maltese Lepidoptera "The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine", vol. lxxxvi, 8th Sep-tember, 1950. Twenty-five species of Lepidoptera Heterocera caught by the Author during the years 1948-49 and not previously re-corded for Malta. Additional records of Micro-Lepidop-tera from Malta - "The Entomologist", vol. lxxxiii, November, 1950. Fourteen species of Crambidae, Ptero-phoridae, Phaloriidae, Cosmopterygidae, Oecophoridae, Ethmiidae and Tireidae caught by the Author and not previously recorded for Malta. 1951 Notes on the biology of Cnephasia Gueneanae Duponchel (Lepidoptera: Fort-ricidae) "The Entomologist", vol. lxxxiv, September, 1951. The larval form of this species was first discovered by the Author and des-cribed in these "Notes". New additions to the Lepidoptera of Malta - "The Entomologist", vol. lxxxiv, November, 1951. Twenty-five species of Heterocera and Microlepidoptera caught by the Author and not previously recorded for Malta. 1953 Additions to the list of Maltese Micro-lepidoptera "The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine", vol. lxxxix, 28th May, 1953. Twenty species of Crambidae, Phyci-tinae, Pyralinae, Pterophoridae, Eucosmi-dae, Glyphipterigidae; Gelechiidae, Plutel-lidae, Oecophonidae, Depressariinae, Gra-cilariidae and Tineidae caught by the 58 Author and not previously recorded for Malta. 1956 New additions to the Lepidoptera of the Maltese Islands - "The Entomolo-gist", vo!. lxxxix, October, 1956. Thirty-twe species of Nocteridae, Ca-radrinae, Phytonetrinae, Catoculinae, Geo-metridae, Sterrhinae, Geometrinae, Phyci-tinae, Pyraustinae, Pteroforidae, Pholonii-dae, Eucomidae, Gelechiidae, Cosmopty-ridae, Oecophoridae, Coleophoridae, Ti-neide caught by the Author and not pre-viously recorded for Malta. 1959 Note sull'Ornitologia delle Isole Mal-tesi - "Rivista Italiana di Ornitologia", XXIX year, series 11, Milan 1959. The correct status of many subspe-cies of birds new to Malta assessed by the Author and his father, Mr. Vincenzo De Lucca - co-authors of these "Note". 1965 The place of Lepidoptera in the Zoo-geography of the Maltese Islands - Ex-traits des Rapport et Proces-verbaux des Reunions de la Commission Internationale pour l'etude scientifique de la Mer Medi-terranee, volume xviii (2) 1965. A paper on the faunal and vegetation aspects and the characters of Maltese Le-pidoptera prepared and read by the Auth-or at a congress of Mediterranean biolo-gists held at Monaco in 1964. 1967 The migration of birds - "Journal of the Royal University of Malta Biological Society", - January, 1967. Notes on the Migratory movements of birds. Cisticola juncidis in Malta" - "Ibis", 109, no. 4, October 1967. Recording the occurrence of four birds of this species at Salini, Malta, in June, 1967. Appunti sull'Ornitologia delle Isole Maltesi - 'Rivista Italiana di Ornitologia', XXXVII year, series 11, Milan 1967. -Systematic list of rare or accidental birds occurring for the first time in the Maltese Islands between 1955 and 1966. 1969 Emitteri Eterotteri Maltesi - 'Bollet-tino della Societa Entomologica Italiana', vol. xcix - ci, no. 5-6, 20 June 1969. Systematic list of twelve species of Miridae, Lygacidae, Pyrrhocoridae, Roho-palidae, Pentatomi'dae, Cydnidae caught by the Author and not previously recorded for Malta. Lepidoptera of the Maltese Islands -'Entomologist's Record' vol. 81, 15th May 1969. Systematic list of twenty-six species Heterocera and Microlepidoptera caught by the Author or by Mr. P. Sammut and not previously recorded for Malta. The Author also refers to the capture of six-teen rare species during the period 1951-66. Bird migration over the Maltese Is-lands 'Ibis' Ill, July 1969. A broad survey of bird migration. A revised check-list of the Birds of the Maltese islands - E. W. Classey Ltd. Hampton, Middlesex, Fefruary 1969. Besides giving a true picture of the past and present status of the various species of birds found in the Maltese Is-lands, the Author gives the subspecies or races of all the birds known to occur or to have occurred in the Maltese Islands as migrants, resident, rare visitors or vagrant and records those species or subspecies that have been identified since 1917 includ-ing new occurrences. Besides the abovementioned publica-tions, Dr. De Lucca supplied the necessary material on which the following publica-tions were prepared - Une nouvelle va-riete d'Aciptilia: A. spicidactyla insularis nova by L. Bigot in 'Lambillionca', vo!. lxi, nos. 7-8 of the 25th August 1961. A description of a moth, based on specimens caught and supplied by Dr. De Lucca and which, on account of the smaller wingspan, M. Bigot considered to be a species different from the typical one. Two new: Micro-Lepidoptera from Malta - by Dr. H. G. Amsel of Baden, 'The Entomologist', vol. lxxxv, no. 1071, August 1952. Description of a new species which the Authur dedicated to Dr. De Lucca (Oegoconia deluccai sp.n.) and of a new species (Apatema fasciata melitensis ssp. n.) which were both caught in Malta by Dr. De Lucca in October 1950. Newe Pterophoriden, Gelechilden und Tineiden aus Paliistina und Malta by Dr. H. G. Amsel of Buchenburg/Baden in Bull. Soc. Fouad ler Entom.' xxxviii, 1954 (51). Description of four new species of Pterophoridae, Gelechiidae and Tineidae. Of these species, one was named by Dr. 59 Amsel after Dr. De Lucca (Praeacedes deluccae sp.n.). These lepidoptera were caught by Dr. De Lucca in Malta. Uber Mediterrane Micro-Lepidopte .. ren und einige Transcaspische arten von Hans Georg Amsel (Karlsruhe) in the 'Bulletin' of the Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, tome xxxi, no. 83, Bruxelles, December 1955. RETROPERITONEAL TUMOURS A Study of Five Cases J. A. MUSCAT, M.D., F.R.C.S. Senior Surgeon MARIE THERESE PODESTA', M.D. House Surgeon St. Luke's Hospital Retroperitoneal tumours and cysts are often regarded as a nebulous group of lesions with a sinister reputation, prob-ably through their uncommon incidence coupled with the fact that their potential site of origin, is anatomically extensive and may be remote. The many and varied pathological classifications put forward in the literature add 'little to help one form a sharper mental picture of the clinical problem they pose. The present commu-nication is a study of five cases which have all come under our care in the space of a few months. Case 1. P.B. Male aged 29. First admitted to hospital in Mel-bourne, Australia in February 1970 with a history of progressive loss of appetite coming on ,in December 1969 followed, within a month, by continous pain in the back felt on both sides but worse on the left. He also complained of epigastric pain felt immediately on eating. Three weeks prev:ous to admission he had had a bout of melaena, and four days before admission he had haematuria with passage of clots per urethram. There was no haematemesis, no haemoptysis and no chest pain or cough. On examination he looked pale. There was no cervical node enlargement. Pulse 80, regular; B.P. 140/80. There was good air entry breath sounds. normal. good chest expansion, throughout and normal The heart sounds were Abdominal examination revealed a tender mass in the left loin. Special in-vestigaNons were as follows: Ba. Meal: No free oesophageal reflux or hiatus hernia. Stomach was reason-ably well filled and outlined. No obvious organic lesion could be seen. Unable to fill the duodenal cap sufficiently to exclude pathological states. Chest X-Ray - Pleural fluid left base. No obvious pulmonary changes. 

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