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By Rev. R. Ashington Bullen, F.L.S., F.G.S. (Ex Hon. Sec. of 

 the South-Eastern Union of Scientiffc Societies.) 



In sending a few words of friendly and appreciative recollection of 

 our departed friend J. W. Tutt, I must mention that I have known 

 little of him apart from the work of the South-Eastern Union, where 

 my duties as General Secretary for the last six years prior to 1910, 

 brought me necessarily into contact with him. 1 do know that he has 

 been a busy worker in his professional work, and the wonder to me has 

 been that he has found time to undertake the colossal task of writing 

 the exhaustive volumes of Tlie British Lepidopteia, as well as editing 

 The Entoniol()(jist's Record, and in addition the seeing our own SoiUh 

 Eastern Naturalist through the press. He could have had no spare 

 time for rest, and must have been a continuous worker at his subject. 

 I fear that his strenuous life has shortened his days, while it has at the 

 same time been an example and an inspiration to other workers in the 

 same and other fields. My relations with him have been of the most 

 cordial nature, and I have learned to appreciate his unfailing desire to 

 get the best results for the South-Eastern Union in every way he could. 

 He has made the South Eastern Naturalist a worthy exponent of the 

 aims and objects of our Union, and it will be very difficult to find a 

 successor who will combine in exactly the same way the qualities which 

 he possessed. I feel that we have lost one who never spared himself in 

 the pursuit of a worthy object, who was always generous in his 

 appreciation of others, and who was a good comrade, having as his 

 only aim the desire that whatever he put his hand to he should do with 

 all his might, for the best result arrived at in the best way. Oar aim 

 must be to carry worthily forward the work which he has so worthily 

 inaugurated and done.— Hilden Manor, Tonbridge. April ISth, 1911. 



By Harold Powell, F.E.S. 



I looked upon Mr. Tutt as one of my best friends, and I feel his 

 loss, as all who knew him well, must do. He had a strong character, 

 and what I specially admired was his absolute frankness. He never 

 beat about the bush, but went straight to the point. His judgment 

 was sound, and he had a wonderful grasp of matters, entomological 

 and other. I was always glad to have his advice, and I felt I could 

 depend upon it. A more energetic man I never met. It was a 

 I)leasiire to work up a subject for him, for he had the power of stirring 

 up in others an interest in any work he happened to be engaged upon. 

 I often regret that stress of business many times prevented me from 

 giving him the help in certain matters that ho asked from me. He 

 caused in me an interest in entomological problems which I had not 

 to the same degree before I met him, and much of the work I have 

 done since is due to his stimulating influence. On different occasions 

 we passed some pleasant days together in the field in the Hyeres 

 district. I well remember the pleasure he showed when he saw 

 Melanargia syllius on the wing for the first time. It was on the slope 

 of Coudon above La Farlede, some years ago, at the end of April. The 

 date was early for 21. sijlliHs and the day was not too fine* His 

 youngest daughter was with him, and we were eating our lunch on 

 one of the abundant terraces overgrown with thyme, Centranthus and 



