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DESCRIPTION AND MEASUREMENTS OF SOME 

 MALLICOLO CRANIA. 



By Arthur H. Clarke, M.R.C.S., etc. 



Note A. Of the eight crania which I have been able to 

 measure, one was in the Tasmanian Museum, five 

 were kindly lent to me by Dr. Beatty, and two by 

 Mr. Gunn, of H.M.S. Royalist. 



The measurements were taken, and indices cal- 

 culated on the system explained in a paper by 

 Mr. W. R. Harper and myself, giving the mea- 

 surements of the Tasmanian crania in our 

 Museum. 



Note B. Of these eight skulls, four (3 male and 1 female) 

 are of quite a different type from the others, the 

 first class (No. 1-4) has a very much more reced- 

 ing forehead than the second ; the first four 

 skulls are also more dolicho-cephalic than the 

 others. 



Note C. These skulls -show the general characteristics 

 given by Dr. Busk as typical of the Mallicola. 



''(1) The small size of the calvaria or cerebral 

 part as compared with the facial portion of the 



skull. 



(2) The great development of the mastoid 

 region (this is very marked in our series of 

 skulls). 



(3) The great prominence of the zygomatic 

 arches, and the comparative narrowness of the 

 frontal region. 



(4) The intervention of the temporal between 

 the parietal and alisphenoid, which, as is well 

 known, is so common a condition in the Tasmanian 

 and Papuan branches of the Melanesian race." 



Note A. Dr. Beatty subsequently presented one skull, and Mr. Gunn two .skulls,. 



to our Museum. 

 Note B. Papers and proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania for 1897. 



Note C. Measurements of Mallicolo Crania by Dr. Busk, "Journal" of Anthro- 

 pological Society, Vol. VI., page 200. 



