824 



5305. The skull of a male Australian, from the neighbourhood of Port Adelaide. 



A small portion of the alisphenoid joins the parietal on both sides of the head. A well- 

 marked ridge is continued from the hinder root of the zygoma to where the squamosal suture 

 joins the additamental one. 



Presented by Governor Sir George Grey, C.B. 



5306. The skull of a male Australian. 



The alisphenoid joins the parietal on both sides of the head. The supramastoid ridge is 

 less marked than in the preceding skull. The characteristic overarching of the short and 

 broad nasals by the superorbital prominence, continued across the glabellae, is exaggerated in 

 the present skull. The paroccipital tuberosities are well marked, and the vaginal processes 

 are unusually developed. 



Presented by George Bennett, Esq., F.L.S. 



5307. The cranium of an Australian, from Murrumbidgee, near Sydney. 



The apex of the left alisphenoid joins the parietal ; a wormian ossicle is interposed on the 

 right .side. The glabellar and superorbital ridges present the prominence and thickening, 

 beneath which the short curved nasals have the sunken position common to the Australian 

 race. The molars show the large size characteristic of the same race. 



Presented by George Bennett, Esq., F.L.S. 



5308. The skull of a male Australian, wanting many of the - teeth, and with the left 

 zygoma broken. 



A small part of the alisphenoid joins the parietal : the supramastoid ridge is feebly marked : 

 the paroccipital ridges are distinctly marked, and the vaginal processes are produced into a 

 point. 



Presented by Dr. Hobson. 



5309. The skull of a female Australian from Port Essington. 



The right anterior incisor has been removed during life and the socket is obliterated. The 

 last true molars have not come into place. The alisphenoid joins the parietal on both sides 

 of the head. The eustachian processes are unusually developed, especially on the right side, 

 together with the styliform processes of the sphenoid. 



Presented by J. B. Jukes, Esq., F.G.S. 



5310. The cranium of a male Australian, with the upper molars much worn. 



A small portion of the alisphenoid joins the parietal on both sides of the head. The supra- 

 mastoid ridge is present. The aperture of each auditory meatus is partially filled up by 

 smooth bony tumours from the inner surface of the tympanic, whose outer expanded end is 

 well indicated by the fissure and ridge anterior to the mastoid. The eustachian processes are 

 well marked : the biventer grooves are unusually deep and well defined. 



Hunterian. 



