38 Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 



Os Coxae. 



Eight specimens were found, of which two represented comparatively 

 young subjects, the line of junction of the epiphysis for the ischial tuberosity 

 being still obvious. Of the remainder, two were probably from males, the 

 rest from females. 



The bones were somewhat small, but well marked both for muscles and 

 ligaments. 



The crest of the ilium in these bones showed particularly well the various 



points in connexion with its curvature, including more especially the marked 



double bend of the crest in the female bone in which the posterior third is 



pushed outwards by the relatively short and broad sacrum and the distinct 



linear buttress in the region of the anterior limit of the facies auricularis 



corresponding to the point of deepest concavity of the curvature. The 



anterior part of the crest becomes convex laterally, and bends sharply 



medially near the anterior superior spine, so that the point of greatest width 



of the false pelvis lies at the posterior limit of the iliac tubercle. The 



tubercle itself is more outstanding and triangular in the female. In the male 



the curvature of the crest as looked at from above is not so marked posteriorly, 



and in its anterior portion it represents a segment of a much larger circle 



than in the female. Consequently the buttresses of bone, the tubercle and 



auricular ridge, placed at the points of greatest convexity of the curvatures, 



are not so well marked. 



The anterior inferior iliac spines were not so prominent as in recent Irish 

 specimens, and have the appearance of extending almost to the acetabular 

 margin, the usual deep notch at this point being absent. This condition was 

 probably associated with the great strength of the ilio-femoral ligament. 



The ligamentous impressions around the facies auricularis were well 

 defined. 



The bones did not show the bridging over of the cotyloid notch nor the 

 widening of the facies lunata of the acetabulum, described by Charles in the 

 Punjabi sq\iatters. 



Femur. 



The bones from the lower limb were the most interesting of those 

 recovered, and the femora showed a number of remarkable features. In all, 

 fragments of seventeen thigh-bones came to light, a majority probably 

 representing female subjects. Of these only one showed the head, two the 

 neck, and four the lower articular surface ; the remainder consisted of portions 

 of the shaft of varying length. Two were from young subjects. 



The head. — The fovea was not of the usual type, the anterior part being 



