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42 stands in the cemetery of Est or Père la Chaise, pièce 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 Chateau-Landon stone, resting on a pedestal of the same, and surmounted by a bronze bust of Latreille. The whole is surrounded by an iron railing. On the front is the following inscription:

PETRUS ANDREAS LATREILLE. SCIENTIARUM ET ARTIUM INSTITUTI GALLICI SOCIUS IN MUSEO PARISIENSI ENTOMOLOGIÆ PROFESSOR, ETC. NATUS IN BRIVA-CURRETIA XXIX. DIE NOVEMBRI MDCCLXII.

PARISIIS OBIIT VI. DIE FEBRUARII MDCCCXXXII.

ENTOMOLOGIÆ PRINCIPI PARENTES SODALES DISCIPULI PRÆSIDIQUE SUO ENTOMOLOGORUM GALLIÆ SOCIETAS EX ÆRE COLLATO ÆDIFICAVERUNT.