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the convergence of ridges quite definitely and may be considered 

 as a case having this lid interdigital pattern in the condition of a 

 rudiment. 



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FIG. 14. Detail of print of No. 1585, (Japanese male) showing vestige of inter- 

 digital II., between index and medius; also interdigital III. in the form of the 

 more usual loop. 



Hasebe finds the percentage of occurrence for this pattern as 

 2 per cent, among the Japanese, and 4 per cent, among the Aino, 

 corresponding fairly well with my figures. 



Interdigital I. has long been, in my experience, in the same 



