8 COLLECTIONS FEOM MELANESIA. 



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

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

 specimen. Zygomata very prominent. Squamosals widely 

 separated from frontal. 



5. Skull of Mallicollo Islander, New Hebrides. 



Female. Adult. 



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

 mum frontal breadth 101 ; minimum frontal breadth 95. 

 Horizontal circumferences — preauricular '21*, 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. Bamus — 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. 



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

 11. W. U. 



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

 mum frontal breadth 108 ; minimum frontal breadth 89. 

 Horizontal circumferences — preauricular 230, total 47 0. Trans- 



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

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



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

 1878). 



