No. 33. — 1886V) the veddAs of ceylon. 



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cannot therefore exactly speak of lypsicephaly, though 

 the form comes very near to this type. If we reckon ortho- 

 cephaly at 75, or even at 74*9, the Vedda skull on an average 

 falls below this category. 



The height of the ear, which has only been taken by 

 me (vertical distance of the upper edge of the outer auricular 

 passage from the parietal bone), is likewise considerable, 

 particularly in the male skulls, amounting to 120 mm. In 

 this case the index of the height of the ear amounts to 64*9, 

 whilst in the female skull No. 1 it reaches to only 60*4, and 

 even with the def ormed one (No. 4 ) only to 63'0. 



As regards the formation of the face, I find, except the 

 already-given descriptions, little osteological support. Of 

 single regions I mention the eye-cavities and the nose. 



The orbital index was, in the one case which afforded me 

 an opportunity of taking the measurements, 84*6, exactly 

 the same figure which gives the average in the statements of 

 Mr. Flower. The single cases certainly show very con- 

 siderable differences, for, according to Mr. Flower, we have 

 among eight skulls : two indices below 80, two between 80 

 and 85, and four over 85 up to 91*7. Separating the sexes, we 

 have from four male skulls an average of 85*1, from two 

 female 84'3, a difference scarcely worth mentioning. On the 

 whole we may therefore assume that the orbital formation 

 is mesokonch. 



The nasal index, which I stated at 50, is, according to 

 Mr. Flower, who compared seven cases, 52" 2 ; it is therefore 

 mesorrhine, bordering on platyrrhine. 



There certainly seems to be a not inconsiderable difference 

 in sex, since the two female skulls cited by Mr. Flower were 

 platyrrhine (56*1 and 57*8) ; and, on the other hand, among 

 the male skulls one, if not two, were leptorrhine (46*5 and 

 [?] 46-7), and only two platyrrhine (54-0 and 54-3). The 

 depressed form of the bone of the nose is plainly seen in 

 Table 1, Fig 3, and in the profile drawing by Messrs. De 

 Quatrefages and Hamy. The previously given descriptions 



