MEMOIR OF LATREILLE. 41 



" His simple and invariably kind manners gained 

 him the hearts of all who approached him ; it was 

 his greatest delight to receive true proofs of affection, 

 and to allow himself to give way to the lively and 

 tender emotions of his heart. The intensity of his 

 last sufferings had only the effect of exalting the 

 ardour of his friendship and his paternal regard for 

 his adopted children, * whose tender and devoted 

 anxiety alleviated his last moments. 



" Adieu, my learned and virtuous associate ! 

 adieu, the oldest of my friends ! Your name will 

 live in our memories with those of Lamarck and 

 Cuvier, of whom you have been so long the worthy 

 fellow-labourer, and with those of Reaumur and 

 Fabricius, to whose renown you will add the equi- 

 table voice of posterity, thus confirming a judgment 

 which you had the happiness to hear pronounced 

 during your life-time," 



The Entomological Society, immediately after 

 the funeral, determined to raise a monument over 

 the tomb ; and for this purpose a subscription was 

 entered into, not confined to the members, but open 

 to scientific men of every description in all countries. 

 Although there are a considerable number of mem- 

 bers of the Society in Britain, of these the only 

 names included in the subscription list are those of 

 Kirby and Spence, and two sons of the latter. The 

 necessary funds, however, were obtained, and the 

 monument completed in the autumn of 1835. It 



* Monsieur and Madame Valade-Cabel, his nephew and 

 niece. 



