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but disciplined and scientific imagination, a strong sense of duty, a far 

 deeper religious sense than perhaps he generally got credit for, and 

 an unfailing readiness to help others in any way in his power, 

 with his amazing aptitude for getting others to work under his 

 guidance and direction, his wonderful elasticity and power of rebound, 

 and his utter incapacity for knowing when he was beaten, he would, 

 under other circumstances, have made a great general, or a great 

 missionary, as readily as he made a great entomologist, a great 

 teacher, and a great man. We are sadly the poorer for his death, but 

 how vastly the richer for his life. — 37, Gloucester Place, W. March, 

 1911. 



By H. St. J. K. Donisthorpe, F.Z.S., F.E.S. 



I first met Tutt some 20 years ago, when I became a Fellow of the 

 Entomological Society of London in 1891. In spite of the fact that 

 he was a Lepidopterist, and I, at the time, purely a Coleopterist, I was 

 attracted by his strength of character and wide outlook on science m 

 general, and very soon got to know him better. Undoubtedly, Tutt's 

 influence and assistance has done as much as anyone's to encourage 

 the more scientific study of Entomology, especially among the younger 

 men, both in London and the provinces. I shall always remember 

 with pleasure the earlier Leicester Entomological Society dinners and 

 conversazione, when Tutt was the principal guest, for his speeches 

 calculated to stir up the enthusiasm of the beginners, and for the 

 pleasant excursions we made on the following days, when he always 

 accompanied us. In 1897 he honoured me by asking me to become 

 the editor for Coleoptera to the Kntoitiolofjufs Record. I can say that 

 to the day of his much lamented death, w^e never had a quarrel or 

 misunderstanding over anything, and 1 always found him fair and just 

 on any subject. 1 have twice served with him on the Council of the 

 Entomological Society of London, and it was always evident his chief 

 object was to benefit the Society in all he did. We shall alwaj's owe 

 him a very great debt, both for the number of Fellows he induced to 

 join us, and latterly for the very large part he played in helping to place 

 the Society on a much sounder financial basis. It is the greatest 

 satisfaction to know that he was aware, before he died, that he had been 

 selected as our President. One has only to read the obituary notices 

 of our old friend, both at home and abroad, to realise how much he was 

 appreciated in the Entomological world, and how great were his 

 achievements. Besides this, I think the part of his character which 

 appealed to me most, was his strength. In these days when we possess 

 so few great or strong men, and a dull mediocrity appears to be the 

 aim and end of all things, it is very refreshing to find a really strong 

 character, one who will fight on to a finish, overcome all obstacles and 

 difficulties in his path, and influence others, even in spite of themselves 

 at times, to help to fight his battles.— 58, Kensington Mansions, S.W. 

 March, 1911. 



By the Rev. C. R. N. Burrows, M.A., F.E.S. 



It was as far back as the beginning of the " eighties " that I first 

 came to know Mr. Tutt. He was then busy with his British Noctuae 

 and their Varieties, gathering his information, which he began to 



