320 Messrs. A. H. Everett, J. Evans, and G. Busk. [Apr. 15, 



The remains are those of at least five individuals, differing a good 

 deal in age and probably of both sexes, but this is not certain. They 

 include — 



1. Eleven or twelve portions of the skull, amongst which are four 

 more or less perfect temporals, of which three belong to the right side. 

 These bones are all distinguished by the large size of the mastoid pro- 

 cess ; in one only does any portion of the zygoma remain, which is of 

 slender conformation. The only other specimens belonging to the 

 cranium are — 1. The face, with a large part of the forehead and the 

 orbits complete. This fragment is remarkable for the great com- 

 parative width across the malar region, which amounts to about 5 

 inches, whilst the vertical length of the face from the fronto-nasal 

 suture to the alveolar border is scarcely 2J inches. The orbits have 

 a transverse diameter of 1"*5, and a vertical of 1"'25, giving an 

 orbital index of '83. The nose measures l"'8x V'\, affording a nasal 

 index of "61. The frontal overhangs the nasals very much, and the 

 frontal sinuses are well developed, but the orbital border is not thick- 

 ened. The alveolar arch is almost perfectly semicircular and very 

 wide. The bone is further remarkable for the great apparent depth of 

 the sphenoidal part of the temporal fossa, owing to the sudden bulging 

 of the squamosal. The specimen on the whole presents an exaggerated 

 Malay aspect. 



2. Another and the most considerable of the cranial specimens 

 consists of the greater portion of a calvaria. The entire face is wanting 

 below the frontal border of the orbits ; as is also nearly the whole of 

 the right side of the skull. The calvaria is well formed and evenly 

 arched; the forehead upright and rounded. In the vertical view 

 (norma verticalis) the outline forms a regular broad oval. The sutures 

 are all open and for the most part deeply serrated. The chief points 

 to be noticed besides the above are (a) the enormous size of the 

 mastoid process, in a skull otherwise it may be said of delicate confor- 

 mation ; and (b) the extraordinary condition of the foramen magnum, 

 the border of which, is so much thickened and elevated, as at first sight 

 to convey the impression that the atlas was anchylosed to the occipital. 



The bone in the surrounding part of the surface is extremely thin and 

 apparently atrophied, but there is otherwise no sign of disease. 



From its imperfect condition this calvaria affords no distinctive 

 characteristics, but in one respect it agrees with the facial specimen 

 above described, viz., in the remarkable bulging of the anterior part 

 of the squamosal where it joins the alarsphenoid. 



The longitudinal diameter of this calvaria is 7" — its width 5 - 25, and 

 height 5' 7, the circumference being 20 inches. 



The other bones of the skeleton are represented by — 



1. A clavicle of small size and delicate make, probably that of a 

 female. 



