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is low and receding in both specimens, but the glabella and supraorbital ridges 
are not prominent in either. In both the occipital squama is inclined to be 
flat, but in No. 2 the external occipital protuberance is produced into a hook- 
shaped process some 5 mm. in length. In No. 3 the cerebellar part of the 
occiput is relatively large and markedly convex downwards ; the mastoids and 
zygomata are feeble. 
Norma facialis. The face in No. 3 is wide, the maxillo-facial index 
being 51.2, and the complete facial index, 85*1 ; it is rather more arched 
than in No. 1. The external nares are very broad, the nasal index, 58 ‘7> 
being strongly platyrhine ; the ridge separating the floor of the nasal cavity 
from the upper jaw is feebly developed. The orbits are microseme, their 
index being 80. 
In the norma occipitalis the characters are very similar to those of No. 1, 
except for the individual peculiarity in the external occipital protuberance of 
No. 2. 
Sutures. Sutures are very complicated in both specimens ; but the 
denticulations are short, and there are no accessory ossicles except an epipteric 
bone on the right side of No. 3. 
Jaws and Teeth. The lower jaw of No. 3 is stout, having the muscular 
impressions well marked ; the elevation of the ascending ramus is low and the 
sigmoid notch is shallow. The chin is prominent. The palate is narrow, its 
index being 101*8. The teeth are in excellent condition, and none have 
been lost during life. Their crowns are of considerable size, and have been 
worn almost flat ; their sides are stained black, probably through betel chewing. 
The third molar has been well developed on both sides of both jaws. 
Both skulls would have been microcephalic, the cubic capacity of No. 3 
being only 1,030 c.c. No. 3 is phaenozygous and rests behind on both borders 
of the foramen magnum, which is unusually small. The height is considerably 
greater than the breadth, and the vertical index is 82°I. 
Pang ban ; Hulu Pahang. 
We have included in our table certain measurements from an imperfect 
skull preserved in the Raffles Museum at Singapore, but have had no oppor- 
tunity of comparing it with other specimens or checking the measurements. 
It is labelled as being the skull of a ‘Pangan’ chief, named Saga, from Hulu 
Pahang. The cephalic index (73”6) is dolichocephalic ; the height is 
slightly greater than the breadth, the vertical index being 75*8 ; the nasal 
index (57*7) ls platyrhine, and the orbits are highly megaseme, the index 
being 95*2. 
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