MEMOIR OF LATREILLE. 43 



The figure of an Egyptian Scarabreus (Ateuckus 

 sacer) is placed at the commencement, and that of 

 a Moth (Saturnia Pyri) at the end of the above 

 inscription. 



On the left face of the obelisk are the following 

 words :— 



Precis des Caracteres des Insectes, 



1797.* 



Genera Insectorum, 



1806. 



Regne Animal^ Crustaces, Arachnides et Insectes, 



1817—1829. 



&c. 



And on the right : — 



Expedition de Sue tone Paulin, 



1807. 



Notice sur les Seres et TAtlantide, 



1817, 



&c. &c. 



The bronze bust, which is of the natural size, has 

 the name Latreille carved on its base. On one of 



* It is not a little singular that an error in date should occur 

 in such circumstances. The work mentioned was published in 

 1796. As the above inscription, however, is copied, not from 

 the monument itself, but from the Ann. of the Ent. Soc. of 

 France, the error may be typographical, as that work, unlike 

 French scientific publications in general, is far from being ac- 

 curately printed. 



