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52. — 7 yrs. 7 mos. Grave 5 ft., moist; sand and clay. Exposure to cold (!). In- 

 terred December 7, 1889. 

 Thysanura, undetermined. 



Coleoptera, Staphylinida;, Eleusis pallida Lee, fragments. 

 Skeleton completely stripped. 

 53. — 7 Y 1 ' 3 - 7 rnos. Grave 5 ft-, moist ; sand and clay. Inanition. Interred De- 

 cember 13, 1889. 

 Acarina, Gamasida;, Uropoda depressa Bks., sp. n. 

 Thysanura, undetermined. 

 Coleoptera, Staphylinida:, Eleusis pallida Lee, fragments. 



" Larva;, undetermined. 



Diptera, Phorida;, puparia. 

 Skeleton stripped. 

 54- — 7 yrs. 8 mos. Grave 5 ft. , moist; sand and clay. Intermittent fever. In- 

 terred November 15, 1889. 

 Thysanura, undetermined. 



Coleoptera, Staphylinida;, Eleusis pallida Lee, fragments. 

 Skeleton stripped. Coffin dry inside, completely overgrown with roots. 

 55- — 7 y r s- 8 mos. Grave 5 ft., wet, sand and clay. Obstruction of bowels. In- 

 terred November 10, 1S89. 

 Thysanura, undetermined. 

 Coleoptera, Staphylinida;, Eleusis pallida Lee, 2 specimens. 



" Larva;, undetermined. 



Skeleton stripped. 

 56. — 7 yrs. 8 mos. Grave 5 ft., moist ; sand and clay. Accident. Interred Octo- 

 ber 7, 1889. 

 Coleoptera, Staphylinida;, Actobius umbi-ipennis Lee 



" " Eleusis pallida Lee 



Skeleton stripped and disarticulated ; adipocere almost consumed. 

 57- — 7 yrs. 9 mos. Grave 3 ft., moist; sand and clay. Diphtheria. Interred 

 October 17, 1889. 

 Thysanura, undetermined. 

 Coleoptera, Staphylinida;, Eleusis pallida Lee, 6 specimens. 



" Larva;, undetermined. 



Skeleton stripped and disarticulated, lying within heavy case of adipocere 

 which was very black on surface. Many Eleusis dead on outside of coffin. 

 This cadaver in same grave with 58. 

 58. — 7 yrs. 9 mos. Grave 5 ft., moist ; sand and clay. Diphtheria. Interred Oc- 

 tober I, 1889. 

 Thysanura, undetermined. 



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

 " " Eleusis pallida Lee, numerous. 



" Larva;, undetermined. 



Very little adipocere left. This buried in same grave underneath No. 57. 

 59- — 7 yrs- 10 mos. Grave 5 ft., moist; sand and clay. Dysentery. Interred 

 September 24, 1889. 

 Coleoptera, Staphylinida-, Eleusis pallida Lee, 2 specimens. 

 Coffin too full of earth to examine thoroughly. Specimens from skull. 



