56 i'uorKKi>iN<;s OF TIIK ANATOMICAL AND AN riiKoi'oi.o<;irAi, 



Lin Hose, late Medical OHicer, I'gamla Railway. Mr. Adams also 

 dealt shortly with the customs of the tribe to which these people had 

 belonged 



Several members of the society read notes on the various 

 anatomical variations found in dissecting-room subjects during the 

 course of the present winter session. 



The meeting closed with votes of thanks to those who had 

 contributed papers. 



THE CHARACTERISTICS OF FIVE WA KAMBA SKULLS. 

 By JAMES ADAMS, M.A. 



The five skulls were found at Kui Station on the Uganda Hail- 

 way by Mr. Ian Rose, A.M., M.B., D.P.H., Medical Officer, Uganda 

 Railway, in 1900, and presented by him to the Anatomical Museum, 

 Aberdeen University. The individuals came from Wa Kamba 

 Province, East Africa, and died of starvation at Kui Station. 



In No. III. the right zygomatic arch and in No. IV. the right 

 zygomatic arch and a part of the right malar bone are broken ; while 

 in No. V. the right superior maxilla is damaged. Wormian bones are 

 practically absent. 



Sex. No. III. has been classed as female because, although it 

 has the smallest orbital index, and not the smallest cranial capacity, 

 the external characters are fairly well marked : small size, vertical 

 forehead, thin supraorbital arch and non-projecting mastoid processes. 



Cubic cd/xiciti.!. In No. IV. and No. V. the figures given are too 

 small because of a small quantity of some dried clay-like extraneous 

 matter (containing particles of glossy coal-black chitinous scales) 

 affixed to the interior. 



Tt't-th. In a good state of preservation. 



In No. I. the middle right incisor is lost, while the other three 

 incisors are pointed (they seem to have been filed to more or less 

 sharp points : almost characteristic of S.E. of Nyassaland). 



In No. II. the middle right incisor and second left bicuspid are 

 lost. The three incisors and two canines are pointed. 



