142 



DE. H. F. STANDING ON SUBFOSSIL 

 Table 24. — Giving dimensions (in millimetres) of scapulae. 



Length of axillary border 



Length from spine to summit of acromion 



Length of coracoid border to end of glenoid cavity 



Length of vertebral border 



Length of spine at its base 



Vertical diameter of glenoid cavity 



Length of coracoid process 



Maximum transverse diameter of glenoid cavity . . 

 Breadth of coracoid process at its base 



(Nos. 1 & 2 in Table 25, p. 144). This elegantly formed bone apparently does not 

 belong to any of the animals described in this memoir. The acetabulumr shows a large 

 depression for the insertion of a ligamentum teres, but the only two femora the heads 

 of which at all agree in size with this acetabulum (viz. those just referred to above) 

 are apparently quite without any corresponding imprint for the round ligament. That 

 this pelvis belongs to an animal of " Lemuroid " type there is no doubt from the 

 elegant everted hook-like form of the upper part of the ilium. It is too large to 

 correspond to the femora of Archceolemur, several of which occur in the Collection. 

 It may possibly be the pelvis oi Palceopropithecus, though it appears somewhat slender 

 for so massive an animal. 



COMPARATIVE SURVEY AND CONCLUSIONS. 



It will be useful in conclusion to take a general comparative survey of the groups 

 described in the preceding sections, with a view of ascertaining what conclusions may 

 be legitimately drawn towards the solution of the problems proposed in the intro- 

 duction of this memoir. 



Briefly stated these problems are as follows : — 



(1) What relationship do the recently-discovered subfossil Malagasy Lemuroids 

 bear to each other and to the existing Lemuridse and Indrisinae % 



(2) What conclusions may be drawn from a study of these subfossil forms as to the 

 origin of the Lemuroid fauna of Madagascar % 



(3) In particular, what light, if any, do these subfossil Lemuroids throw on the 

 probable course of development of the Old and New World Monkeys "? 



