UAMMALIA. 9 



verse arcs— ^frontal 270, bregmatio 291, parietal 313, occipital 

 260. Longitudinal arcs — frontal 130, parietal 111, occipital 

 112. Foramen magnum — length 34, breadth 29. Basinasal 

 length 97. Basialveolar length 91. Bizygomatic breadth 120. 

 Height of — face 86, malar 17, alveolus 17. Auriculo-orbital 

 length 66. Orbit— width 36, height 34. Nasal height 51, 

 width 22. Maxilla— length 50, width 62. 



Mandible — ^bicondylar width 110, bigoniac width 72, symphysial 

 height 27, molar height 23, coronoid height 54, gonio-symphy- 

 sial length 82, condylo-coronoid length 33. Bigoniac arc 175. 



Indices — latitudinal '72-9, altitudinal 78-2, gnathic 93-8, orbital 

 94-4, nasal 43-1. 



Lambdoid suture unusually complicated, with numerous Wormian 

 bones. 



7. SkuU of Baiiks Islander. 



Still younger than 6. ^ 



" Merilava, Banks group ; presented by Mr. Boyd, of Ovalau." — 

 B. W. C. 



Length 163 ; gl. occ. 166. Breadth 123. Height 124. Maxi- 

 mum frontal breadth 98 ; minimum frontal breadth 92. 

 Total circumference 455. Transverse arcs — frontal 242, breg- 

 matic 267, parietal 300, occipital, 244. Foramen magnum — 

 length 32, breadth 27. Basinasal length 84. Basialveolar 

 length 81. Bizygomatic breadth 111. Auriculo-orbital length 

 57. - Orbit— width 33, height 32. Nasal height 36, width 23. 

 MaxiUa — length 44, width 55. 



Mandible — bicondylar width 100, symphysial height 21, coronoid 

 height 45, gonio-symphysial length 69,- condylo-coronoid 

 length 23. 



Indices — latitudinal 75-5, altitudinal 76-1, gnathic 96-4, orbital 

 97-0, nasal 63-9. 



These two Banks-Island skulls are of great interest, as showing 

 a distinct tendency towards Cprobably a youthful stage of) the arti- 

 ficial deformity noticed in the Mallicollo skulls, and hitherto sup- 

 posed to be peculiar to the natives of that island. The present 

 specimens, however, prove that the flattening process is also prac- 

 tised to a certain extent in the neighbouring island of MerUava. 



8. Calvaria of Fijian. 



Male. Middle-aged; Coronal sutur^ nearly closed. 



" From an old tumulus near the village of Buretta, Ovalau." — 

 R. W. C. 



Length 197 ; gl. occ. 200. Breadth 132. Height 141. Maximum 

 frontal breadth 114, minimum 103. Horizontal circumferences 

 — preauricular 250, total 542. Transverse a^es — frontal 312, 

 bregmatic 318, parietal 327, occipital 280. Longitudinal arcs- 

 frontal 130, parietal 152, occipital 120. Basinasal length 109, 



