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108. — 4 yrs. 4 mos. Grave 3ft., moist ; sand and clay. (Infant.) Interred March 

 II, 1893. 

 A few thysanura only. Everything but the disarticulated bones gone. 

 Coffin dry inside ; roots and grasses growing up through bones and remnants 

 of clothing. 

 109. — 4 yrs. 7 mos. Grave 5 ft., coffin submerged; sand and clay. Pneumonia. 

 Interred December 12, 1892. 

 Thysanura only. Considerable adipocere left. Intestines not yet destroyed. 

 In vault I month. 

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

 ruary 29, 1892. 

 Thysanura only. In vault 2 months. 

 III. — 5 yrs. 4 mos. Grave 5 ft., coffin submerged ; sand and clay. Cholera. In- 

 terred February 26, 1892. 

 Thysanura and staphylinid fragments, specimens lost. Heavy case of adi- 

 pocere, swarming with Thysanura. 

 112. — 5 yrs. 5 mos. Grave5 ft., coffin submerged; sand and clay. Pneumonia. 

 Interred January 2, 1892. 

 Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Actobius umbripennis Lee. 

 113. — 6 yrs. 2 mos. Grave 5 ft., moist; sand and clay. Paralysis. Interred April 

 28, 1891. 



Coffin too much broken in removal to be accurate about contents. 

 114. — 6 yrs. 5 mos. Grave 5 ft., coffin submerged; sand and clay. Inflammation 

 bowels. Interred February 9, 1891. 

 No insects, not even Thysanura ! 

 115. — 6 yrs. 5 mos. Grave 5 ft., coffin submerged; sand and clay. Pneumonia. 

 Interred February 2, 1 89 1. 

 Skeleton completely disarticulated, even skull, which contained pultaceous 

 brain mass. Little adipocere left. 

 116. — 6 yrs. 7 mos. Grave 5 ft., coffin submerged ; sand and clay. Interred De- 

 cember 18, 1890. 

 No insects found. Clothing almost intact. Skeleton stripped and disarticu- 

 lated. 

 117. — 6 yrs. 9 mos. Grave 5 ft., coffin submerged ; sand and clay. Typhoid. In- 

 terred September 7, 1890. 

 Thysanura only. 

 118. — 7 yrs. 3 mos. Grave 9 ft., dry; sandy. Hemorrhage from lungs. Interred 

 July 27, 1889. 

 Thysanura and acarids. Specimens lost. 

 119. — 7 yrs. 5 mos. Grave 5 ft., coffin submerged; sand and clay. Membraneous 

 croup. Interred January 20, 1890. 

 Coleoptera, Staphylinidte, Actobius umbripennis Lee. , fragment, covered with 

 undetermined fungus. 

 " " Eleusis pallida Lee. 



120. — 7 yrs. 5 mos. Grave 5 ft., moist; sand and clay. Phthisis. Interred Feb- 

 ruary 27, 1890. 

 Thysanura, undetermined. 



