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MEMOIR OF LATREILLE. 
stands in tlie cemetery of Est or Pere la Chaise, 
piece du Protestant , 39th division, No. 90, and is 
placed near the margin of the path. It is in the 
form of a truncated obelisk, nine (French) feet in 
height, composed of a monolith of polished Chatean- 
Landon stone, resting on a pedestal of the same, and 
surmounted by a bronze bust of Latreillc. The 
•whole is surrounded by an iron railing. 
On the front is the following inscription : 
PETRUS ANDREAS 
LATREILLE. 
SCIENTIARUM ET ARTIl’M 
INSTITUTI GALL1CI 
SOCIUS 
IN MUSEO PARISIENSI ENTOMOLOGIA2 
PROFESSOR, 
ETC. 
NATUS IN BRIVA-CURRETIA 
XXIX. DIE NOVEMBRI 
MDCCLXII. 
PARISHS OBIIT 
VI. DIE FEBBUARII 
MDCCCXXXII. 
ENTOMOLOGIJE PRINCIPI 
PARENTES SODALES DISCIPULI 
PRiESIDIQUE SUO 
ENTOMOLOGORUM GALLIC 
SOCIETAS 
EX JE RE COLLATO 
A2DIFICAVERUNT. 
