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  COLLECTIOKS 
  PKOM 
  MELATs'ESIA. 
  

  

  scale. 
  Inion 
  long 
  and 
  recurved, 
  between 
  Nos. 
  4 
  and 
  5. 
  Su- 
  

   tures 
  all 
  very 
  simple, 
  in 
  marked 
  contrast 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  next 
  

   Bpecimcn. 
  Zygomata 
  very 
  prominent. 
  Squamosals 
  widely 
  

   separated 
  from 
  frontal. 
  

  

  5. 
  Skull 
  of 
  MallicoUo 
  Islander, 
  New 
  Hebrides. 
  

  

  Pemale. 
  Adult, 
  

  

  Length 
  173 
  ; 
  gl. 
  occ. 
  178. 
  Breadth 
  135. 
  Height 
  134. 
  Maxi- 
  

   mum 
  frontal 
  breadth 
  101 
  ; 
  minimum 
  frontal 
  breadth 
  95. 
  

   Horizontal 
  circumferences 
  — 
  preauricular 
  218, 
  total 
  488. 
  

   Transverse 
  arcs 
  — 
  frontal 
  252, 
  bregmatic 
  293, 
  parietal 
  336. 
  

   Longitudinal 
  arcs 
  — 
  frontal 
  134, 
  parietal 
  137, 
  occipital 
  104. 
  

   Foramen 
  magnum 
  — 
  length 
  34, 
  width 
  29. 
  Basinasal 
  length 
  

   90. 
  Basialveolar 
  length 
  91. 
  Bizygomatic 
  breadth 
  129. 
  Height 
  

   of 
  — 
  face 
  82, 
  malar 
  19, 
  alveolus 
  16. 
  Auriculo-orbital 
  length 
  61. 
  

   Orbit— 
  width 
  36, 
  height 
  33. 
  Nasal 
  height 
  42, 
  width 
  24, 
  

   Maxilla 
  — 
  length 
  50, 
  breadth 
  60. 
  

  

  Mandible 
  — 
  bicondylar 
  width 
  116, 
  bigoniac 
  width 
  97, 
  symphysial 
  

   height 
  25, 
  molar 
  height 
  21, 
  coronoid 
  height 
  56, 
  gonio-sym- 
  

   physial 
  length 
  81. 
  Ramus 
  — 
  height 
  49, 
  antero-posterior 
  breadth 
  

   33. 
  Bigoniac 
  arc 
  177. 
  

  

  Indices 
  — 
  latitudinal 
  78-0, 
  altitudinal 
  77'5, 
  frontal 
  70"4, 
  gnathic 
  

   101-1, 
  orbital 
  91-7, 
  nasal 
  57-1. 
  

  

  Subdolichocephalic, 
  mesognathous, 
  platyrhine 
  ; 
  orbit 
  megaseme. 
  

  

  Glabella 
  about 
  No. 
  1. 
  Nasal 
  spine 
  No. 
  3. 
  No 
  inion. 
  

  

  Occipital 
  prominent, 
  lambdoid 
  suture 
  full 
  of 
  large 
  Wormian 
  bones. 
  

   Epipteric 
  bones 
  on 
  both 
  sides. 
  Auditory 
  meatus 
  flattened 
  and 
  

   oval-shaped, 
  evidently 
  owing 
  to 
  pressure 
  applied 
  to 
  the 
  man- 
  

   dible. 
  

  

  These 
  two 
  last 
  specimens, 
  presented 
  to 
  Dr. 
  Coppingerby 
  Mr. 
  Boyd, 
  

   of 
  Ovalau, 
  show 
  the 
  artificially 
  produced 
  absence 
  of 
  forehead 
  and 
  

   general 
  depression 
  of 
  the 
  frontal 
  and 
  prominence 
  of 
  the 
  parietal 
  and 
  

   occipital 
  regions 
  characteristic 
  of 
  Mallicollo 
  skulls, 
  and 
  described 
  

   by 
  Prof. 
  Busk 
  in 
  the 
  ' 
  Journal 
  of 
  the 
  Anthropological 
  Institute 
  ' 
  *. 
  

   Prof. 
  Flower 
  has 
  also 
  figured 
  some 
  monumental 
  heads 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  

   island, 
  showing 
  a 
  similar 
  artificial 
  deformity 
  f. 
  

  

  6. 
  Skull 
  of 
  Banks 
  Islander. 
  

  

  Young. 
  Basilar 
  suture 
  open 
  and 
  wisdom 
  teeth 
  still 
  hidden 
  in 
  the 
  

   bone. 
  

  

  " 
  MerilavaJ, 
  Banks 
  group 
  ; 
  presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Boyd, 
  of 
  Ovalau." 
  — 
  

   B. 
  W. 
  C. 
  

  

  Length 
  170, 
  gl. 
  occ. 
  172. 
  Breadth 
  124. 
  Height 
  133. 
  Maxi- 
  

   mum 
  frontal 
  breadth 
  108 
  ; 
  minimum 
  frontal 
  breadth 
  89. 
  

   Horizontal 
  circumferences 
  — 
  preauricular 
  230, 
  total 
  470. 
  Trans- 
  

  

  * 
  vi. 
  p. 
  200, 
  pis. 
  ix.-xii. 
  (1877). 
  

   t 
  J. 
  A. 
  I. 
  xi. 
  p. 
  85, 
  pi. 
  vi. 
  (1882). 
  

  

  I 
  Also 
  spelt 
  " 
  Meralaba 
  " 
  (Wliitmee, 
  J. 
  Anthr. 
  Inst, 
  viii., 
  map 
  facing 
  p. 
  261 
  : 
  

   1878). 
  

  

  