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rather broad, broadest in the region of the latter. Sutures 

 perfect, no trace of foramina parietalia. In this region the 

 sagittal suture is rather simple. Strongly marked phaenozygy. 



At a side view we get the impression of height, and hence 

 also of the shortness. The brow tolerably straight, orbital 

 ridges hardly developed. The upper part of the forehead 

 above the eminences greatly arched, and rising up just in front 

 of the coronaria. The descent of the parietal curve toward the 

 occiput is abrupt. High plana temporalis intersecting the 

 tuber a squama temp, platt. Large aim, with very short 

 anguli parietalis : at the right 35, at the left 34 cm. broad. 



The norma occipitalis shows a very high pentangular 

 contour, rather flattened above, horizontal below, with very 

 high and perpendicular sides, only diverging a little below. 

 High and, as mentioned above, very irregular squama occi- 

 pitalis, with somewhat compressed sides, no protuberance ; 

 linear semicirculares well denned, sharp crista perpendicu- 

 laris, slight cerebellar archings, short fades muscularis. 



In the norma basilaris the skull appears broad, especially 

 in the jugular and mastoid region, whilst the occiput is very 

 narrow and prominent. The foramen magnum a long oval, 

 somewhat oblique, 34 mm. in length, 26 in breadth, index 

 76*4. Articulations prominent toward the front. Mastoid 

 processes thick, but not long on either side, with large secon- 

 dary eminences on the posterior surface, especially prominent 

 on the left side. The styloid processes well developed, the 

 articular surfaces for the lower jaw very deep. Hamulus 

 pterygoideus and end of the lamina externa very large. 



At a front view the head seems high, forehead full, nasal 

 process very broad. Orbits high, with a diagonal widening 

 below and externally ; index 84*4, hence mesokonch. Fissura 

 orbitalis inferior very wide and hollowed out at the end. 

 Nose narrow above and below ; bridge prominent and some- 

 what rounded ; index 48*8, hence mesorrhine. Fossa canina 

 a little depressed on the molar bone on both sides ; a posterior 

 superior fissure, and a large marginal tuberosity. Alveolar 



