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a closer study and comparison, the notes of one hundred and fifty 

 disinterments, made within the city limits of Washington, D. C, 

 during the summers of 1896-97. The cases are arranged chronolog- 

 ically according to the period of interment of each, and the fauna is 

 grouped systematically. The specimens will be deposited in the U. 

 S. National Museum, at Washington, as the Stiles-Motter Collection 

 of cadaveric fauna. 



1. — 1 yr. Ilmos. Grave 6 ft., moist ; sandy. Erysipelas. Interred May 3, 1894. 

 Pseudoscorpiones, Chelanops Irish's Bks. , 14 specimens. 

 Thysanura, undetermined. 



Coleoptera, Staphylinidte, Atheta, sp. [Homalota ?) , I specimen. 

 " " Elensis pallida Lee, 2 specimens. 



" Nitidulidse, Rhizophagiis scalpturatus Mann. , 2 specimens. 



2. — 2 yrs. 10 mos. Grave 6 ft., coffin submerged ; sand and clay. Interred July 

 14, 1894. 

 Thysanura, undetermined. 



Diptera, Muscidse, Lucilia ccesar Linn., puparia. 

 " Anfhomyidae, Homalomyia, sp. 

 3. — 3 yrs. 1 mo. Grave 5 ft., wet; sand and clay. Hepatic abscess. Interred 

 March 12, 1893. 

 Crustacea, Armadillidium vulgar e Latr., I specimen. 

 Thysanura, undetermined. 



Homoptera, Coccidae, Ripersia, sp. , in Phorid puparia. 

 Diptera, Phoridae, puparia. 

 4. — 3 yrs. 2 mos. Grave 6 ft., coffin submerged; sand and clay. Interred Feb- 

 ruary 15, 1894. 

 Vermes, Lumbricid, undetermined. 

 Acarina, Gamasidae, Tyroglyphns, sp. 

 Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Actobius pcederoides Lee, fragment. 



" " Pcede7-us littorarius Grav. , 3 specimens, two covered 



with undetermined fungus. 

 " " Eleusis pallida Lee, 160 specimens. 



" Elateridae, Monocrepidius bellns Say, I specimen. 



Diptera, Stratiomyidae, larva. 

 " Phoridse, puparia. 



" Sepsidae, Piophila casei Linn., puparia. 

 " Borboridse, wings (Limositia ?) . 

 5. — -3 yrs. 3 mos. Grave 3 ft., dry; sandy. (Infant.) Congestion of lungs. In- 

 terred February 21, 1893. 

 Diptera, Phorid.e, puparia. 

 6. — 3 yrs. 5 mos. Grave 5 ft., coffin submerged; sand and clay. Interred Jan- 

 uary 18, 1894. 

 Diptera, Muscidse, Compsomyia macellaria Fabr. , puparia. 

 Only a few of these puparia found. Thoracic and abdominal organs, neck and 

 soft tissues of face and hands destroyed. Abdominal and chest walls almost 

 intact. Ribs not yet disarticulated. Spinal cord gone. 



