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DIPTERA. 
Mycetophilidae, Sciara , sp. 
Stratiomyidae (larva). 
Phoridae (puparia), Phora clavata Loew; Conic era, sp. 
Muscidae, Compsomyia macellaria Fabr.; Lucilia ccesar Linn. 
Anthomyidae, Ilomalomyia, sp.; Ophyra leucostoma Wied. 
Sepsidae, Piophila casei Linn. 
Drosophilidae, Drosophila ampelophila Loew. 
Borboridae, Limosina , sp. 
HYMENOPTERA. 
Formicidae, Brachymyrmex heeri Forel.; Camponotus melleus Say. 
‘ ‘ Lasius americanus Emery ; Lasius flavus DeGeer. 
Poneridae, Ponera co?itracta Latr. 
Myrmicidae, Myrmicina latreillii Andre. 
Monomorium minutum Mayer. 
Cremastogaster lineolata Say. 
Aphenogaster , sp. 
This list includes the names of a few species found, not in the one 
hundred and fifty human disinterments studied, but in the experi¬ 
mental observations, viz.: The undetermined Psocid, the Dipteron 
Sciara sp., and the Coleopteron Trichopteryx haldemanni Lee. were 
found in the empty boxes, buried for experimental purposes; while 
the Myriapod Lithobius sp., and the Diptera Conicera sp., Phora 
clavata Loew, and Ophyra leucostoma Wied., were found on dog 
cadavers, as noted elsewhere. 
During the summer of 1896 the cadavers of a number of dogs, 
which had been examined in the laboratory for parasites, were tightly 
nailed up. each in a wooden box, and buried in a neighboring plot at 
a depth of two feet. Two of these, examined after two months, 
showed only the following Diptera: Phoridae, Phora clavata Loew. 
Muscidae, Lucilia. ccesar Linn. Anthomyidae, Ophyra leucostoma 
Wied. Of these, I have found only the Muscid on human cadavers, 
in four instances : (a) The living larvae were found on the cadaver 
of a drowned negro after an exposure of three days and bred to the 
adult stage (No. 149). (b) The puparia were found on a cadaver 
(No. 2) which had been buried for two years and eleven months; 
and (c) puparia were likewise found on two cadavers (Nos. 11 and 
