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1 The dotted line indicates the ordinary contour of the posterior border. of the — a 
918 General Notes. [ November, 
spine-like or occasionally unciform process, situated on the pos- 
terior border of the malar bone and partially covering in the 
ten:poral fossa. 
This projection, for which the writer proposes the name /em- 
poral process, is somewhat triangular in form, its base, which is 
froin 7 to 18™™ in length, being continuous with the middle third 
of the posterior border of the bone; it tapers somewhat rapidly 
to its rather obtuse apex, its average length being a little 
over 
A similar process is of occasional occurrence in negroes and 
mulattoes, and further observations as to its distribution and fre- 
quency in various races would doubtless be of interest. The 
accompanying figure illus- 
trates a fairly developed spe 
cimen as seen in many of the 
eee ee of the Army Medical Museum, 
. belonging to many tribes and 
Fic.—Temporal Process of Malar Bone. both sexes. It is not men- 
tioned in any work with which we are familiar, and is worthy of 
further notice since it has been observed in such a large homoge 
D. ous group as the Madisonville find—£d. Am. Nat. Anthrop. 
ept. | 
A PREHISTORIC CUP MADE FROM A HuMAN Cranium.—A Soot 
what remarkable and possibly unique specimen of aborigi 
handicraft has been recently exhumed by some curiosity-seekilg 
boys, near Cedar Grove, Indiana, a small town situated on the 
Vhitewater, about thirty-seven miles north-west 0 . 
On the roth of October, 1880, they discovered a human skeletons 
and with it, instead of the earthen pot so often found with suc 
remains, was a cup or bowl made from a child's skull. ain 
The skeleton, as described to the writer by one who assiste ‘Ne 
taking it out, was in a sitting position, facing north-west, with ke 
vessel at the left side on a level with the hips. The bones  ” th 
right hand and arm were missing, but I think had fallen ld 
earth into a gully which had washed out on that side. fair 
skeleton, which is that of an old and rather tall man, is @ © 
State of preservation. 
The vessel, or drinking cup, is, evidently, from its small a 3 
