36 MEMOIR OF LATREILLE. 



coffin should be borne by the members of that So- 

 ciety, and M. Audouin was appointed to address the 

 •final adieux of the members to the illustrious de- 

 ceased. The funeral took place on the 8th February. 

 The bier was conveyed to the cemetery of Est (Pere 

 la Chaise), supported by the members of the Society; 

 the Institute, the Administration of the Jardin-du- 

 Roi, and the Entomological Society, were respec- 

 tively represented by MM. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 

 Dulong, De Blainville, and the Count Lepeletier de 

 Saint-Fargeau, who supported the corners of the 

 pall. An immense concourse of naturalists and men 

 of learning and science composed the cortege. 



After the military honours, which were paid to 

 the deceased as a member of the Legion of Honour, 

 three discourses were pronounced over his tomb : 

 the first by M. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire in the name 

 of the Institute, the second by M. Cordier in the 

 name of the professors of the Jardin-du-Roi, and 

 the third by M. Audouin for the Entomological 

 Society of France. The following is a translation 

 of that by the first-mentioned individual :^— 



" Gentlemen, 

 '-' Of the friend, the rival, and colleague of Lace- 

 pede, Lamarck, and Cuvier, nothing now remains 

 to us but these ashes, already placed among these 

 tombs where so much intellectual greatness has ter- 

 minated. The loss of M. Latreille to zoological 

 science, which he illustrated for so many years by 

 the energies of his truly superior mind, has left 



