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In the parieto-mastoid suture I have seen a wormian once ; in 

 the parieto-frontal, above the stephanion, twice ; while in the 

 suture, between the great wing of the sphenoid and the malar 

 in the outer wall of the orbit, I have met with wormian bones 

 in two skulls. 



Paraviastoid Process. — Two skulls show this projection on 

 both sides. Two have a single process. One of these last, 

 though broken, is 10mm. long. 



Auditory Meatus. — In six skulls the lumen of the meatus 

 is diminished, or almost obliterated, by a hyperostosed condi- 

 tion of its bony walls. In another, distinct exostoses are 

 present. Two skulls show perforation of the tympanic plate. 

 In one of these the meatus is much dilated, as if by a polypus 

 or some other morbid growth. An exostosed condition of the 

 meatus has been noticed by others as being not uncommon 

 among the South Sea Islanders. 



Parietal Foramen. — This is absent in eight skulls, but in 

 several others it is very small. In twenty-three skulls it is 

 present on one side, while in three there is a foramen in the 

 line of the sagittal suture. 



Posterior Condyloid Foramen. — The complete absence of 

 this foramen was noted eight times. It is present on the 

 right side alone in fourteen skulls, on the left alone in four. 



Superior Curved Line of Occipital Bone. — This is, as usual, 

 best marked in the male skulls, forming in one of them a very 

 projecting ridge. In a large number of skulls it is distinctly 

 double. 



Eqiiilihrium of Sknll. — Posterior mastoid in eleven cases ; 

 anterior mastoid in one ; double mastoid in four ; posterior 

 condyloid in two ; anterior condyloid in four ; posterior con- 

 dylo-mastoid in tv^o. Eighteen skulls rested on the teeth in 

 front, and either on the conceptacula cerebelli or the posterior 

 margin of the foramen magnum behind. In one the pos- 

 terior point of support was as far back as the inion, while in 

 another it was a paramastoid process. 



Spheno-pterygoid Foramen. — In no case is this foramen 

 present in its fully-completed form, but it is nearly perfect on 

 one side in six skulls, and in another on both. In a some- 

 what less complete condition it is present on both sides in an 

 eighth skull ; whilst in ten more a bony spicule projects back- 

 wards from the posterior margin of each external pterygoid 

 plate towards the spine of the sphenoid. In all these cases 

 the pterygoid plate is generally broader than usual. 



Nasal Bones. — In some specimens the nasal bones are 

 short, and the root of the nose is sunken ; but more often they 

 are long, narrow, prominent and convex below, and the root 

 of the nose is not depressed, or only slightly so : in some it is 

 even remarkably high. The Jewish nose, which is said to 



