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Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Actobins umbripennis Lee., one dead covered with 
“ “ white fungus. 
“ Eleusis pallida Lee. 
“ “ Undetermined. 
Diptera, Sepsidce, Piophila casei Linn., puparia. 
“ Borboridae, JLttnosinia, 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, 1890. 
Gastropoda, Helicodiscus lineatus Say. 
“ Zonitoides ai'boreus Say. 
Araneida, Theridion subterranea Bks., sp. n. 
Coleoptera, larvae, 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. 
12 3 - 7 yrs. 10 mos. Grave 5 ft-, moist; sand and clay. 
Coffin crushed in and full of earth, no specimens taken. 
12 4 - 7 yrs. 10 mos. Grave 5 ft., moist; sand and clay. 
Coffin crushed in and full of earth, no specimens taken. 
12 5 - —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. 
12 6- —10 yrs. I 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, Staphylinidae, Actobius umbripennis Lee., fragments. 
128. —10yrs. 2 mos. Grave 5 ft., coffin submerged ; sand and clay. Interred April 
3, 1887. 
A few Thysanura only. No specimens taken. 
I2 9 -—II yrs. Grave 5 ft., dry ; sandy. Still-born. Interred October 24, 1885. 
Diptera, Phoridae, puparia ( Conicera .■?), specimens lost. 
I 3 °-—II yrs. Grave 5 ft., wet; sandy. 
Thysanura, undetermined. 
Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Eleusispallida Lee. 
I 3 1 - 11 y rs - 7 rnos. Grave 5 ft-, wet ; sandy. Tetanus. Interred November 
1884. 
Araneida, Lepthyphantes , sp. 
Pseudoneuroptera, Termesflavipes Kollar. 
Diptera, Phoridae, puparia. 
In vault three months. Ob. 30, VIII, 84. 
I 3 2 *—I 2 yrs. 3 mos. Grave 6 ft., coffin submerged; sand and clay. Phthisis. In¬ 
terred February 29, 1884. 
