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no lono;erbe distinguished. A faint spheno-parietal suture 

 can be made oat about 4 mm. in length, which gives the so- 

 called pterion in H. The curvature of the vault of the 

 cranium is very gradual, the curve of the frontal region 

 passing imperceptibly into that of the parietal ; in type 

 it approaches the Neanderthal. The external auditory 

 meatus is nnusually large and is elliptical in shape. 



Norma verticalis. — With the skull in this position its 

 extreme length and the narrowness of the frontal region 

 are very striking, w^hile the prominence of the supra- 

 orbital ridges is equalled by that of the external angular 

 processes of the frontal bone. The parietal eminences 

 are small but well marked. There is nothing which ap- 

 proaches the parietal crest which often marks skulls of 

 an interior type. The parietal foramina have entirely dis- 

 appeared . 



Norma frontalis. — From a front view the face seems 

 all orbits and nose, so great are their cavities. The orbits 

 are especially profound and large. The angle of inclina- 

 tion of the transverse diameter seems unusually great. 

 The lachrymal l)ones are obscured by the frontal process 

 of the maxillary bones and none of the lachrymal sutures 

 can be determined. The infra-orbital groove continues 

 broad and shallow, almost to the orbital crest. On the 

 right orbit is a supra-orbital foramen, on the left side a 

 shallow notch is hardly recognizable. The nasal bones 

 broaden and flatten out very much at their inferior border. 

 The inferior border of the nasal cavity is not sharp as it 

 usually is in Europeans, but is concave so that the nasal 

 cavity is not well defined and passes gradually on to the 

 alveolar region. The maxilhiry bones are broad, espe- 

 cially through the alveolar region. The canine fosste are 

 extremely shallow, a character the reverse of the European 

 type. 



