254 REPORTS ON THE STATE OF SCIENCE.—1912. 
from the early Egyptians and the Guanches. It is to be remarked, 
further, that the large Cretan bones are more platyenemic than the 
small ones. Herein they follow a general rule first recognised by 
Manouvrier. 
The coefficient of correlation (cf. Table TX. 4) is rather high in 
comparison with its value for most cranial characters. I have no 
comparable data, so I will merely point out the fact that the corre- 
lation of the two diameters is least in the left bones, and this is easily 
intelligible in the light of the remarks already made in commenting 
upon their variability as compared with those of the right leg. 
(iv) Tue SMALLER Bones, 
The small tibiee remain for consideration. The data are as follows :— 
Taste XIII. 
Antero-posterior Transverse 
1s = No Index Diameter Diameter 
F (mean value) (mean value) | (mean value) 
in mm. / in mm. 
Times i iti. wa vy ae 
Right . : Po) ied 72-88 - 25-23 20-2 
Left = - oe 9 71-23 : 24-88 17-72 
Right and Left . | 20 72-13 : 25-07 19-08 
The outstanding feature is the greater tendency of the left tibia to 
assume platycnemic proportions. This has been the subject of com- 
ment already. The indices show less platyenemia than in the case of 
the large bones. Apart from these remarks, no further discussion of 
these records is necessary here. 
C. The Femora from Palaikastro and its Neighbourhood. 
(i) THe MATERIAL. 
As in the case of the tibia, the frequency and degree of occurrence 
of various types of femoral conformation could be determined in frag- 
ments useless for estimates of stature. As with the tibie also, a 
subdivision into large and small groups, and again into those of the 
right and left limbs respectively, has been carried out in respect of the 
femora. One hundred and twenty-four specimens are available. 
(ii) SUBDIVISIONS. 
The grouping is therefore as follows :— 
Large femora Small femora 
Right ied ig deen ia 
Left . : 5 : - 52 12 
Total 3 ; . 104 20 
(iii) THe LarcEer Bonss. 
The large bones will be considered first. The observations were 
those necessary for determining the index of Platymeria. This 
character,'* a flattening of the femoral shaft, is very erratic in its dis- 
tribution, even more so than is platyenemia. Like platycnemia, it is 
locally (e.g., in Western Europe) very characteristic of prehistoric 
19 The recent literature of Platymeria has been summarised admirably by Professor 
Klaatsch in the Anatomische Hefte, Band X, 
