MAMMALIA. 9 



verse arcs — frontal 270, bregmatic 291, parietal 313, occipital 

 260. Longitudinal arcs — frontal 130, parietal 111, occipital 

 112. Foramen magnum — length 34, breadth 29. Basin aaal 

 length ( J7. Basialveolar length 91. Bizygomatic breadth 120. 

 Height of — face 80, malar 17, alveolus 17. Auriculo-orbital 

 length GO. Orbit— width 36, height 34. Nasal height 51, 

 width 22. Maxilla — length 50, width 62. 



Mandible — bicondylar width 1 L0, bigoniac width 72, symphysial 

 height 27, molar heighl 23, coronoid height 54, gonio-symphy- 

 sial length 82, condylo-coronoid length 33. Bigoniac arc 175. 



Indices — latitudinal 72-9, altitudinal 78 - 2, gnathic 93 - 8, orbital 

 94-4, nasal 43-1. 



Lambdoid suture unusually complicated, with numerous Wormian 

 bones. 



7. Skull of Banks Islander. 



Still younger than 6. 



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

 B. W. C. 



Length 163 ; gl. occ. 166. Breadth 123. Height 124. Maxi- 

 mum frontal breadth 98 ; minimum frontal breadth 92. 

 Total circumference 455. Transverse arcs — frontal 242, breg- 

 matic 267, parietal 300, occipital 244. Foramen magnum — 

 length 32, breadth 27. Basinasal length 84. Basialveolar 

 length 81. Bizygomatic breadth 111. Auriculo-orbital length 

 57. Orbit— width 33, height 32. Nasal height 36, width 23. 

 Maxilla — length 44, width 55. 



Mandible — bicondylar width 100, symphysial height, 21, coronoid 

 height 45, gonio-symphvsial length 69, condylo-coronoid 

 length 23. 



Indices — latitudinal 75 - 5, altitudinal 76*1, gnathic 96*4, orbital 

 97*0, nasal 63-9. 



These, two Banks-Island skulls are of great interest, as showing 

 a distinct tendency towards (probably a youthful stage of) the arti- 

 ficial deformity noticed in the Mallicollo skulls, and hitherto sup- 

 posed to be peculiar to the natives of that island. The present 

 specimens, however, prove that the flattening process is also prac- 

 tised to a certain extent in the neighbouring island of Merilava. 



8. Calvaria of Fijian. 



Male. Middle-aged. Coronal suture nearly closed. 



" From an old tumulus near the village of Buretta, Ovalau." — 

 B. W. C. 



Length 197; gl. occ. 200. Breadth 132. Height 141. Maximum 

 frontal breadth 114, minimum 103. Horizontal circumferences 

 — preauricular 250, total 542. Transverse arcs — frontal 312, 

 bregmatic 318, parietal 327, occipital 280. Longitudinal arcs — 

 frontal 130, parietal 152, occipital 120. Basinasal length 109. 



