MEMOIR OF LATREILLE. 
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“ 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, how r ever, were obtained, and the 
monument completed in the autumn of 1835. It 
* Monsieur and Madame Valade-Ciabel, his nephew and 
niece. 
