TUTT AS I KNEW HIM. 107 



"TUTT AS I KNEW HIM." 



By Malcolm Burr, D.Sc, F.E.S., F.L.S., F.Z.S. 



For robust common-sense, eager devotion to his profession and his 

 Science, cheery optimism, sturdy self-reliance, vigorous individuality 

 and a prodigious capacity for work, Tutt stood without a rival. 



I had known him by name for some six or eight years before we 

 first met at the rooms of the Entomological Society in 1896, and I was 

 immediately won by his downright sincerity, outspoken candour, and 

 strongly sympathetic nature. 



That amazing energy, which enabled him to crowd so much work 

 into a busy life all too short, the very energy which brought him 

 prematurely to the grave, was a striking example to those who claim 

 to " have no time " for Entomology. 



While rising always in his profession, he found leisure and 

 strength to create and bring to success his Entomologist's Record, to 

 gain a profound and intimate knowledge of the Lepidoptera, not only 

 of Great Britain, but also of a greater part of the Continent, to give 

 the world the benefit of his experience in a prolific series of papers, 

 and at frequent intervals to throw oft' a book overflowing with matter, 

 information, and facts. 



His absence is deeply felt at the meetings of the Societies which 

 he frequented, above all, at the Entomological Society of London, 

 where we still look instinctively for his cheery greeting, and listen in 

 vain for his characteristic and breezy intervention in debate, which he 

 always illuminated by his sound common sense. 



The very prominence of his character offended some : long years 

 devoted to the teaching profession made him didactic, even authorita- 

 tive and dogmatic, and he made no claim to polished courtliness nor 

 superficial grace. 



To-day, the memory of the man is still so fresh that it is bound 

 to affect our judgment of his work : we who knew him so well are not 

 the best critics of his scientific output ; our foreign confreres, who 

 knew him rather though his writings, can form a more impartial 

 verdict, and this will be confirmed by posterity. 



To his literary and scientific achievements, full justice will be 

 done in these pages by more competent pens than mine: his great 

 services to the Entomological Society that he loved and served so well, 

 will be recorded by one who best knew their extent and their value. 



As years go by, the memory of the Man will fade, though the 

 memory of the Entomologist will always be bright, so long as 

 Entomology is a Science. 



It is my mournful privilege to place here on record my last tribute 

 to the memory of the man, for whom I held so high esteem and 

 genuine affection. — Castle Hill House, Dover. March, 1911. 



By G. T. Bethune-Baker, F.L.S., F.E.S. 



Some of us mourn over the loss of the Editor-in-chief of this 

 magazine, all workers in Entomology will more or less deeply regret 

 his untimely death, just when in ordinary circumstances he would have 



