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Coleoptera, Staphylinidce, Actobius umbripennis Lee, one dead covered with 

 " " white fungus. 



»• " Eletisis pallida Lee. 



" " Undetermined. 



Diptera, Sepsidce, Piophila casei Linn., puparia. 



'* Borboridoe, Limosinia, sp., wings. 

 Skeleton completely stripped, no adipocere left. 

 121. — 7 yrs. 5 mos. Grave 5 ft. , moist ; sand and clay. Chronic diarrhoea. Inter- 

 red February 24, 1S90. 

 Gastropoda, Helicodiscus cineatus Say. 

 " Zonitoides arbor em Say. 



Araneida, Theridion subterranea Bks., sp. n. 

 Coleoptera, larvse, undetermined. 

 Diptera, Sepsidce, Piophila casei Linn., puparia. 

 Skeleton completely stripped. 

 122. — 7 yrs. 7 mos. Grave 6 ft., coffin submerged; sand and clay. Interred Sep- 

 tember 15, 1889. 

 Skeleton completely stripped and disarticulated ; bones solid and black as 



ebony, some small detached masses of adipocere still remaining in coffin. 

 Not a sign of an insect to be found. 

 123. — 7 yrs. 10 mos. Grave 5 ft., moist ; sand and clay. 



Coffin crushed in and full of earth, no specimens taken. 

 124. — 7 yrs. 10 mos. Grave 5 ft., moist ; sand and clay. 



Coffin crushed in and full of earth, no specimens taken. 

 125. — 8 yrs. 4 mos. Grave 5 ft., coffin submerged ; sand and clay. Congestion 

 brain. Interred March 9, 1889. 

 In vault I month. Skeleton completely stripped ; a few masses of adipocere 

 left from lower abdominal walls. No specimens taken. 

 126. — 10 yrs. 1 mo. Grave 5 ft., coffin submerged; sand and clay. Dropsy (!). 



Examined by assistant, no specimens. 

 127' — 10 yrs. 1 mo. Grave 5 ft., coffin submerged. 



Coleoptera, Staphylinidce, Actobius umbripennis Lee, fragments. 

 128. — 10 yrs. 2 mos. Grave 5 ft., coffin submerged ; sand and clay. Interred April 

 3, 1887. 

 A few Thysanura only. No specimens taken. 

 129. — II yrs. Grave 5 ft., dry ; sandy. Still-born. Interred October 24, 1885. 



Diptera, Phoridie, puparia [Cotiicera ?), specimens lost. 

 130. — 11 yrs. Grave 5 ft., wet; sandy. 

 Thysanura, undetermined. 



Coleoptera, Staphylinidre, E/eusis pallida Lee. 

 131. — 11 yrs. 7 mos. Grave 5 ft., wet ; sandy. Tetanus. Interred November 

 1884. 

 Araneida, Lepthyphantes, sp. 

 Pseudoneuroptera, Terniesflavipes Kollar. 

 Diptera, Phoridce, puparia. 

 In vault three months. Ob. 30, VIII, 84. 

 132. — 12 yrs. 3 mos. Grave 6 ft., coffin submerged; sand and clay. Phthisis. In- 

 terred February 29, 1884. 



