118 THE entomologist's kecord. 



a prodigious worker, and in his literary work, the marvel to everyone 

 was, as to how he found time to get through it, indeed there are 

 probably few other men who could do half the work in twice the time! 

 Undoubtedly what most brought him thoroughly into touch with the 

 entomological world w^as his editorship of the Entomologist's Record. 

 In its early years especially, Tutt's forcible personality showed out 

 strongly, and the drastic way in which he characterised the writings of 

 some of his fellow workers no doubt caused him to be intensely disliked 

 by several of the older entomologists, who could not understand that 

 his scorn was vented on their theories only and not on themselves. 

 Probably indeed no one has more severely criticised some of his 

 methods and work, in conversation, correspondence, and print than 

 myself, but Tutt always took it in good part, and we remained 

 throughout the best of friends. That by his sterling value and high 

 scientific work he had lived down all opposition among those who knew 

 him, is shown by the fact that, at the time of his death, he was 

 President-elect of the Entomological Society of London, and had he 

 lived eight days longer would have had that high honour conferred 

 upon him. His loss as an entomologist, both to Britain and the 

 Continent, will be great indeed. 



Besides his wonderful talent for writing, perhaps his capacity for 

 talkini/ was equally noteworthy. To talk and argue seemed as natural 

 to him as to breathe, and he could go on for hours bringing forcible 

 argument after argument to prove his assertions and deductions, 

 thereby impressing everyone who heard him with the evident grasp he 

 had of the bearings of the various sides of entomological controversy. 

 Many of these discussions have we heard at the social meetings of the 

 Entomological Club, which gatherings were never considered complete 

 without his presence. — -Huddersfield. March 6th, 1911. 



Louis B. Prout, F.E.S. 



In an obituary standing over the familiar and honoured initials 

 " T.A.C.", I read that " We certainly owe it to Mr. Tutt more than to 

 anyone else that British entomologists are more numerous and take a 

 more scientific view of their studies than was the case twenty years 

 ago." As one of the many whose entomological studies have for nearly 

 the entire twenty years moved almost exclusively in channels which 

 were dug for them by his inspiration and advice, I feel it is a duty 

 and a privilege to add my tribute to his memory. 



Mr. Tutt "as I knew him " was emphatically the man tcho never 

 did mijjthin// hij halves. My very first letter from him, when he was 

 but a name to me and I was a tyro of tyros, was a closely-written four- 

 page epistle full of suggestion and encouragement. And when I 

 made his personal acquaintance, at the meetings of the " City of 

 London Entomological Society," I can safely say, that it was his 

 philosophical view of things which first made me take entomology at 

 all seriously. He it was, too, who first sent me to the literature, and 

 infused into me something of his own love of thoroughness in biblio- 

 graphical research. A casual interest which I had manifested in the 

 poor little twin " Coremias " was made the occasion ; I was told, in 

 Mr. Tutt's own dogmatic but highly effective style, that I could do 



