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  Specimen 
  4554; 
  female 
  skull, 
  brachycephalic 
  in 
  form. 
  Almost 
  

   the 
  entire 
  top 
  has 
  been 
  destroyed 
  by 
  the 
  pressure 
  of 
  the 
  superin- 
  

   cumbent 
  earth, 
  but 
  not 
  enough 
  to 
  prevent 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  measure- 
  

   ments. 
  Only 
  three 
  teeth 
  remain, 
  the 
  others 
  having 
  been 
  lost 
  in 
  

   process 
  of 
  reburial. 
  The 
  palate 
  is 
  wide, 
  having 
  a 
  length 
  of 
  50 
  milli- 
  

   meters 
  and 
  a 
  width 
  of 
  42, 
  which 
  gives 
  an 
  index 
  of 
  84. 
  

  

  The 
  orbits 
  of 
  this 
  skull 
  differ 
  from 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  others. 
  They 
  

   more 
  nearly 
  approach 
  a 
  circular 
  form 
  and 
  have 
  no 
  angles 
  at 
  the 
  

   turns. 
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  [Millimeters 
  

  

  Length 
  163 
  Orbital 
  high 
  : 
  38 
  

  

  Breadth 
  . 
  133 
  

  

  Nasion 
  to 
  prosthion 
  72 
  

  

  Nasal 
  length 
  48 
  

  

  Nasal 
  width 
  26 
  

  

  Orbital 
  width 
  42 
  

  

  Bi-zygomatic 
  breadth 
  133 
  

  

  Basion 
  to 
  prosthion 
  98 
  

  

  Basion 
  to 
  nasion 
  102 
  

  

  These 
  measurements 
  give 
  the 
  following 
  indexes 
  

  

  Part 
  

  

  Breadth 
  

  

  Aveolar 
  

  

  Nasal 
  

  

  Orbital 
  

  

  Data 
  

   133 
  

  

  163 
  

  

  98 
  

  

  102 
  

   26 
  

  

  48 
  

   38 
  

  

  Index 
  

  

  Classification 
  

  

  81.6 
  

  

  Brachycephalic 
  

  

  96 
  

  

  Orthognathous 
  

  

  58.3 
  

  

  Platyrrhine 
  

  

  95 
  

  

  Megasemic 
  

  

  42 
  

  

  Capacity 
  indeterminate 
  

  

  Femora. 
  There 
  are 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  morphological 
  variations 
  in 
  

   the 
  collection 
  of 
  femora 
  which 
  command 
  attention 
  at 
  once. 
  The 
  

   more 
  striking 
  anomalies 
  only 
  will 
  be 
  mentioned 
  here. 
  They 
  are 
  

   those 
  termed 
  the 
  -third 
  or 
  supernumerary 
  trochanter 
  and 
  platymeria. 
  

   Each 
  of 
  these 
  characters 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  a 
  large 
  percentage 
  of 
  the 
  

   femora, 
  the 
  supernumerary 
  trochanter 
  in 
  about 
  40 
  per 
  cent 
  and 
  

   platymeria 
  in 
  60 
  per 
  cent. 
  For 
  the 
  several 
  variations 
  which 
  these 
  

   femora 
  present 
  a 
  brief 
  description 
  of 
  several 
  is 
  here 
  appended. 
  

  

  Specimen 
  4522 
  ; 
  right 
  femur, 
  probably 
  male, 
  weighs 
  9^ 
  ounces. 
  

   It 
  is 
  heavily 
  built 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  heavy 
  gluteal 
  ridge 
  for 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  

   6 
  centimeters 
  below 
  the 
  lesser 
  trochanter. 
  The 
  superior, 
  extremity 
  

   is 
  normal 
  (Indian) 
  though 
  the 
  digital 
  fossa 
  is 
  deep. 
  

  

  