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FASCICULI MALATENSES 
Platymery occurs in both specimens, the indices and measurements, which are 
taken on the upper third of the shaft, being : — 
No. i No. 3 
Platymeric Index ... 95*9 ... 97 -8 
Transverse Diameter R. 21 '5 mm. ; L. 21*5 mm. R. 24. mm. ; L. 23 mm. 
Anterior-Posterior Diameter R. 20^5 mm. ; L. zo"] mm. R. 23 mm. ; L. 23 mm. 
The extensor area of the neck is barely present in No. 1 , and but slightly 
developed in No. 3. The inter-trochanteric line is not prominent, and there 
is no third trochanter ; the gluteal ridge is feeble. The popliteal region is 
slightly concave in its main axis. 
The shafts of the tibiae are platycnemic, but this feature is not so marked 
as in some other specimens in our collection ; the indices and measurements, 
which are taken on the central part of the shaft, are : — 
No. 1 No. 3 
Platycnemic Index ... 69 6 ... 73*0 
Transverse Diameter R. 16 mm. ; L. 16 mm. R. 18 mm. ; L. 17 mm. 
Anterior-Posterior Diameter R. 23 mm. ; L. 23 mm. R. 24 mm. ; L. 24 mm. 
The head of the tibia is slightly retroverted in No. 3, markedly so in No. 1 ; 
in both specimens the external condylar surface of the head is convex, and the 
internal condylar surface, concave. In the inferior extremity of this bone, both 
extra astragalar and extra fibular facets are well developed. 
The tibio-femoral index of No. i is 8o*8, and of No. 3, 83-8 ; the 
humero-femoral index of No. 1 is 69\5, and of No. 3, 686. The inter- 
membral index of No. 1 is 67*9, and of No. 3, 67 * 3 . 
The limb-bones of these two skeletons indicate well-proportioned but 
very short and slender persons, probably below 1,400 mm. (4 feet 7 inches) in 
stature ; they exhibit many characters usually associated with the lower races 
of mankind, but hardly peculiar to one stock or another. 
