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Coleoptera, Nitidulidae, Rhizophagtts scalpturatus Mann., 1 specimen. 

 " Larvaj, undetermined. 



3S. — 6 yrs. Grave 5 ft. , moist ; sandy. (Infant.) Tuberculosis. Interred June 31, 

 1891. 

 Pseudoscorpiones, Chelanops tristis Bks. 

 Myriapoda, undetermined. 

 Diptera, Phoridce, puparia, in great numbers. 

 39. — 6 yrs. 2 mos. Grave 5 ft., moist; sand and clay. Pneumonia. Interred 

 April 22, 1891. 

 Acarina, Gamasidae, Uropoda depressa Bks., sp. n. 

 Thysanura, undetermined. 



Coleoptera, Staphylinidce, Homalota, sp., 1 specimen and larva. 

 " " Eleusis pallida Lee, numerous. 



" Nitidulidae, Rhizophagtts scalptitratus Mann. 



Soft tissues almost disappeared. Beetles in great numbers about patella and 

 sternum. 

 40. — 6 yrs. 3 mos. Grave 5 ft-, coffin submerged ; sand and clay. Pneumonia. 

 Interred April 2, 1891. 

 Thysanura, in great numbers, undetermined. 



No other insects seen. While grave was wet, cadaver had evidently been 

 mummified. Skeleton stripped and disarticulated ; muscles almost disap- 

 peared, only an outer shell of adipocere which preserved general outline of 

 cadaver. 

 41. — 6 yrs. 5 mos. Grave 6 ft., coffin submerged ; sand and clay. Interred De- 

 cember 26, 1S90. 

 Thysanura, undetermined. 



Diptera, Sepsidre, Piophila casei Linn. , puparia. 

 42. — 6 yrs. 5 mos. Grave 5 ft., coffin submerged; sand and clay. Phthisis. In- 

 terred January 23, 1 89 1. 

 Thysanura, undetermined. 

 ' Coleoptera, fragments, undetermined. 

 Diptera, Phorida; (?), puparium. 

 Nothing but hard bones left. 

 43. — 6 yrs. 5 mos. Grave 5 ft. , wet ; sand and clay. Senile debility. Interred 

 February 1, 189 1. 

 Thysanura, undetermined. 



Coleoptera, Staphylinida?, Actobius umbripennis Lee, 1 specimen. 

 " " Eleusis pallida Lee, numerous. 



" Larva;, undetermined. 



All soft tissues gone. Thysanura, beetles and larva; working inside the bones, 

 entering through nutrient canals, etc. 

 44. — 6 yrs. 5 mos. Grave 5 ft., coffin submerged; sand and clay. Senile debility. 

 Interred February 2, 1S91. 

 Thysanura, undetermined. 



Thoracic and abdominal cavities emptied ; lower ends of limbs (upper and 

 lower) stripped. Tissues (skin, fascia.*, muscles, tendons, vessels and nerves) 

 still distinguishable about thighs. 



