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Cavalry, and had a collection almost second to that of Dejean, 

 numbering over 18,000 species, mostly exotic. His monograph, 

 collaborating with Percheron on the Cetoniae, is still famous. 

 Auguste Chevrolat holds one of the most conspicuous places in 

 our check-list. He was head accountant in the Octroi service of 

 Paris. His beetles were almost as many as those of Gory. Alex- 

 andre Leseur, who figures in the check-list, was in Mexico for 

 five years collecting constantly. His immense material was bought 

 by Chevrolat and Dupont, the latter taking the Rhynchophora. 

 Thus Chevrolat obtained nearly 5,000 species. Leseur also had a 

 fair collection made around Philadelphia. Chevrolat also had 

 one of the best Libraries in Europe. After his death his collec- 

 tion was sold piecemeal, and his types too scattered to trace. 



Dr. Leon Dufour, by his fame made an honorary member, was 

 not primarily a Coleopterist. Dumeril lived to the age of 84, 

 always an active member. Dupont cannot be distinguished in the 

 check-list from Duponchel. He was a tutor to the Princes of the 

 Royal family. After his death, his Rhynchophora went to Jekel, 

 who bequeathed them to the British Museum. His other beetles 

 were bought by Count Mniszeck. Foudras was a professional 

 Entomologist at Lyons. He created Epitrix and other important 

 genera. Achille Guenee, the great authority on the Noctuidse, 

 had also a good collection of beetles which was never neglected. 

 Felix E. Guerin-Meneville excelled as an engraver. He became 

 famous first from his plates for Cuvier's Animal Kingdom, which 

 appeared from 1829, and of which there were 450 in color. He 

 designed and published from 1831 his own Magazine of Zoology, 

 with a primary purpose of affording a vehicle for the descriptions 

 of new species. This work never lacked famous contributors 

 and was a serious rival to the Annals. After 1845 Guerin al- 

 lowed his magazine to pass into other hands and contributed con- 

 stantly to the Annals. A complete set of the Magazine is a 

 literary treasure than which there is no greater to an entomologist. 



Lanier, for whom Arrhipis lanieri Guer. is named, lived in 

 Havana and described Cuban beetles. Count Le Pelletier had 

 the best collection of Hymenoptera of his time. P. M. H. Lor- 

 quin was a local amateur. His son settled in San Francisco and 

 became a dealer in insects, a number being named for him. F. 



