﻿EXPLANATION 
  OF 
  THE 
  PLATES. 
  

  

  MELANESIAN 
  COLLECTIONS. 
  

  

  HUMAN 
  CRANIA. 
  

  

  Plate 
  I. 
  

   Skulls 
  of 
  Torres-Straits 
  Islanders. 
  

   Figs. 
  A 
  and 
  B. 
  Side 
  views, 
  one 
  half 
  natural 
  size. 
  

  

  Plate 
  II. 
  

   Skulls 
  of 
  Torres-Straits 
  Islanders. 
  

   Figs. 
  A 
  and 
  B. 
  Front 
  views. 
  

  

  FISHES. 
  

  

  Plate 
  III. 
  

   Fig. 
  A. 
  Trachynotus 
  cojpjpingeri, 
  B. 
  Doryichthys 
  serialis. 
  

  

  MOLLUSCA. 
  

  

  Plate 
  IV. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  A. 
  Octox>ns 
  polyzenia, 
  dorsal 
  view 
  ; 
  A^ 
  ventral 
  view 
  ; 
  A", 
  

  

  end 
  of 
  hectocotylizcd 
  arm, 
  lower 
  side 
  ; 
  A^ 
  lateral 
  view 
  of 
  

  

  same. 
  

  

  2t 
  

  

  