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Journal New York Entomological Society. 
[Vol. vi. 
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. —I yr. 11 mos. Grave 6 ft., moist; sandy. Erysipelas. Interred May 3, 1894. 
Pseudoscorpiones, Chelanops tristis Bks., 14 specimens. 
Thysanura, undetermined. 
Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Atheta , sp. (Idomalota ?), I specimen. 
“ “ Eleiisis pallia a Lee., 2 specimens. 
“ Nitidulidse, Rhizophagus scalpturatus Mann., 2 specimens. 
2. —2 yrs. 10 mos. Grave 6 ft., coffin submerged ; sand and clay. Interred July 
14, 1894. 
Thysanura, undetermined. 
Diptera, Muscidte, Lucilia cccsar Linn., puparia. 
“ An thorny idse, Homalomyia , sp. 
3. —3 yrs. I mo. Grave 5 ft., wet; sand and clay. Hepatic abscess. Interred 
March 12, 1893. 
Crustacea, Armadillidium vulgare Latr., 1 specimen. 
Thysanura, undetermined. 
Homoptera, Coccidse, Ripersia , sp., in Phorid puparia. 
Diptera, Phoridse, puparia. 
4. —3 yrs. 2 mos. Grave 6 ft., coffin submerged; sand and clay. Interred Feb¬ 
ruary 15, 1894. 
Vermes, Lumbricid, undetermined. 
Acarina, Gamasidae, Tyroglyphus , sp. 
Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Actobius paideroides Lee., fragment. 
“ “ Ptcderzcs littorarius Grav., 3 specimens, two covered 
with undetermined fungus. 
“ “ Eleusispallida Lee., 160 specimens. 
“ E later idee, Monocrepidius bellus Say, I specimen. 
Diptera, Stratiomyidse, larva. 
“ Phoridse, puparia. 
“ Sepsidae, Piophila casei Linn., puparia. 
“ Borboridse, wings (Limosina ?). 
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. 
