APPENDIX. 5gi 



in 1779, attached to the king's garden with the title of Botanist of the 

 Cabinet in 1789, professor of zoology for invertebrated animals at the 

 creation of the chair. 



French Flora, 3 vol. 8°, 1778; new edition with additions by M. De- 

 candolle, 5 vol. 8°, 1795 ; Hydrogeology, 1 vol. 8°, 1801 ; Researches 

 on the causes of the principal natural phenomena, 2 vol. 8° ; Zoological 

 philosophy, 2 vol. 8°, 1809 ; Analytic system of the positive knowledge 

 of man, 1 vol. 8°, 1820; System of invertebrated animals, 1 vol. 8°, 

 1801 ; the first volume of the Dictionary of botany and the Tllustrationcs 

 generum, forming a part of the Cyclopaedia ; Natural history of the 

 invertebrated animals, 7 vol. 8°, 1822 ; a great variety of memoirs 

 among those of the institute, the academy of sciences and the Museum, 

 in the Journal of natural history, in that of natural philosophy, etc. 



Adjunct Professor. — M. Latreille (Peter Andrew), born at Brive in 

 1762 ; elected to the academy of sciences in 1814, attached to the Mu- 

 seum in 1797. 



He has named and classed the entomological collection. Natural 

 history of salamanders of France, 1 vol. 1800; Natural and general 

 history of ants, with a collection of memoirs, 1 vol. 8°, 1S22 ; Genera 

 crustaceorum et inscctorum, 4 V01 » 8°, 1809 an ^ tne following years; 

 Natural history of reptiles, forming a continuation to the Buffon of 

 Castel, 4- vol. 18 ; Natural history of Crustacea and insects, forming a 

 continuation to the Buffon of Sonnini, i4 vol. 8° ; the third volume, or 

 entomological part of Cuvier's Regne animal ; many memoirs among 

 those of the academy of sciences and of the Museum, and the principal 

 articles on entomology in the Dictionary of natural history by Deterville. 



Assistant Naturalist and Chief of the zoological Laboratories. — M. Du- 

 fresne (Lewis), born at Champien in 1752 ; named in June 1793. 



Author of the article Taxidermie in the Dictionary of natural history, 

 and of a memoir in the Annals of the Museum. 



HUMAN ANATOMY. 



Professor. — M. Portal (Anthony), born at Gaillac in 1742 ; doctor of 

 the faculty of medicine of Montpellier in 1763, professor of anatomy 

 at the college of France in 1768, member of the academy of sciences 

 in '769; honorary president of the academy of medicine, first phy- 

 sician to II. M., professor at the king's garden since 1778. 



The works of M. Portal are too numerous to be mentioned in this 



