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sification of the bone. If this theory is correct, which thus 

 far there is no reason to 



doubt, the 

 a clear ca: 



: of 



appear- 



ance of a separate, subma- 

 lar center of ossification. 

 The case would then be 

 not a divided malar, but an 

 imperfectly developed ma- 



Ventrally the anomalous 

 suture is in every respect 

 very much like dorsally. 

 P^om each of the incom- 

 plete sutures in the zygo- 

 matic border of the malar 



ing an Antero-Posterior Complete Division and prOpCr TUnS a S h a 1 1 O W 

 above that a Posterior Incomplete Suture. grOOVC, SUCh aS WaS de- 



scribed by Gruber, forward, reaching on the left the malo-maxil- 

 lary suture. 



The upper portion of the right malar shows one, that of the 

 left two nutritive foramina. 



This is the second instance of a malar suture observed in an 

 American Indian ^ and in both cases the subject was a Peruvian. 



Measitremcnts of t/ie Malars. 



