44 MEMOIR OP LATREILLE. 
its sides is a highly magnified figure of Necrohla 
ruficollis^ surrounded by these words : Necrohia 
ruficollis Latreillei salus anno mdccxciii. ; and on 
the other P. Mertieux 1833 ; the name of the sculp- 
tor whom M. Valade Gabel, M. Latreille's nephew, 
employed to make the model which the Entomo- 
logical Society caused to be cast in bronze. * 
A number of papers connected with the history 
of Latreille's life, &c. were enclosed in a double box 
of lead, and deposited in the foundation of the mo- 
nument. 
The inhabitants of Brives likewise intended to 
have a monumental structure, surmounted by a 
bust, erected there in honour of their distinguished 
townsman. 
On the occasion of the bust of M. Latreille being 
presented to the Entomological Society by his ne- 
phew, M. Walckenaer, the president, delivered the 
following inaugural address, which, although some 
of the information it supplies has necessarily to a 
certain extent been anticipated, we have thought it 
advisable to give entire, both for its own sake, and 
as an example of a kind of oratory seldom practised 
in this country. 
" Gentlemen, 
" The only consolation we can obtain for the 
loss of a friend who was dear to us, is the op- 
portunity of conversing about him with those 
* An engraved representation of the monument will be found 
at the end of this Memoir. 
