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THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



the slightest reluctance. But he had very little patience for 

 opinions which he saw to be erroneous, no matter in what way ; 

 and in his earlier days his contemptuous onslaughts at times 

 gave offence to persons who thought he was attacking not their 

 errors but themselves. In spite of this characteristic, perhaps 

 truly associated with it, was his remarkable power of enlisting 

 the efforts of all and sundry, both in the service of entomology 

 simply or in assisting himself in whatever subject he was 

 occupied with. Whilst thus claiming and securing the co- 

 operation of others, he was always ready to help them as far as 

 he could, and when he failed to do so it was rarely from other 

 cause than absolute want of time, and for hie friends or anyone 

 who asked his assistance he strenuously exerted himself, not 

 seldom at considerable self-sacrifice. 



I had the pleasure of accompanying Tutt on his first visit 

 to Scotland and his first tour in the Alps, and his keen appre- 

 ciation of and unbounded pleasure in the new experience were 

 most exhilarating. His interest in European insects had already 

 been awakened, but henceforth the study of the palsearctic rather 

 than the mere British fauna seemed to occupy him. His ex- 

 tensive collections, occupying some dozen cabinets, are less 

 remarkable for the rarities they contain than for presenting 

 many long series, and for being very largely of his own collecting. 

 It is stated that they are to be disposed of during the next 

 two years. 



Mr. Tutt began life with a serious cardiac disorder, which he 

 was not expected to get over ; complete accommodation, how- 

 ever, took place, and for most of his life it could hardly be said 

 to handicap him in any way. Nevertheless, it is probable that 

 of late years over-work — and I have already said that it was 

 impossilole for him to be other than hard at work — and an East 

 End atmosphere were answerable, owing to the heart weak- 

 ness, for the various illnesses which culminated in the fatal 

 attack. 



His death is a great loss to entomology : besides the loss of 

 his own work, a source of energy animating others and collating 

 their work disappears. His death is impressively disastrous in 

 so far that it occurred when he was at the height of his powers, 

 and with apparently many years of productive activity before 

 him, and the irony of fate culminates in his having been 

 about to assume the Presidency of the Entomological Society of 

 London. 



Mr. Tutt married Frances Marsh Collins, of Rochester, and 

 leaves two sons and three daughters, of whom several have 

 already left the parental home, two being married. 



T. A. C. 



