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Coleoptera, Nitidulidae, Rhizophagus scalpturatus Mann., 1 specimen. 
“ Larvae, undetermined. 
38— 6yrs. Grave 5 ft., moist; sandy. (Infant.) Tuberculosis. Interred June 31 
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Pseudoscorpiones, Chelanops tristis Bks. 
Myriapoda, undetermined. 
Diptera, Phoridae, puparia, in great numbers. 
39 — 15 yrs. 2 mos. Grave 5 ft., moist; sand and day. Pneumonia. Interred 
April 22, 1891. 
Acarina, Gamasidse, Uropoda depressa Bks., sp. n. 
Thysanura, undetermined. 
Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Homalota , sp., i specimen and larva. 
Eleusispallida Lee., numerous. 
Nitidulidae, Rhizophagus scalpturatus Mann. 
Soft tissues almost disappeared. Beetles in great numbers about patella and 
sternum. 
4 o._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. 
4 1 - 6 yrs. 5 mos. Grave 6 ft., coffin submerged ; sand and clay. Interred De¬ 
cember 26, 1890. 
dhysanura, undetermined. 
Diptera, Sepsidae, Piophila casei Linn., puparia. 
42. -6 yrs. 5 mos. Grave 5 ft., coffin submerged ; sand and clay. Phthisis. In¬ 
terred January 23, 1891. 
Thysanura, undetermined. 
Coleoptera, fragments, undetermined. 
Diptera, Phoridae (?), puparium. 
Nothing but hard bones left. 
43 . -6 yrs. 5 mos. Grave 5 ft., wet; sand and clay. Senile debility. Interred 
February I, 1891. 
Thysanura, undetermined. 
Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Actobius umbripennis Lee., 1 specimen. 
Eleusis pallida Lee., numerous. 
Larvae, undetermined. 
All soft tissues gone. Thysanura, beetles and larvae 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, 1891. 
Thysanura, undetermined. 
Thoracic and abdominal cavities emptied ; lower ends of limbs (upper and 
lower) stripped. Tissues (skin, fasciae, muscles, tendons, vessels and nerves) 
still distinguishable about thighs. 
