FASCICULI MALATENSES 
>75 
Upper Limb. The humerus, as, indeed, are all the long bones representing 
the two skeletons, is comparatively stout, and has the muscular impressions 
well marked. The lower part of the shaft is relatively flat and broad. There 
is no intercondylar foramen. 
Lower Limb. The femora have the muscular impressions prominent, 
and the linea aspera is relatively well developed in both specimens ; the 
pilastral index, taking the mean of the two bones in No. 19, is 1 io - 2 in that 
specimen, and 1 1 1 in No. 20. The measurements on which it is based are 
No. 19 No. 20 
Transverse Diameter R. 25 mm. ; L. 24 mm. L. 26 mm. 
Anterior-Posterior Diameter R. 27 mm. ; L. 27 mm. L. 29 mm. 
The platymeric index of No. 19 is 8 l' 9 , while that of No. 20 is 757. 
The measurements for this index are : — 
No. 19 No. 20 
Transverse Diameter R. 32 mm. ; L. 29 mm. L. 33 mm. 
Anterior-Posterior Diameter R. 26 mm. ; L. 24 mm. L. 25 mm. 
The torsion of the shaft of the femur in No. 19 is considerable. The extensor 
area of the neck is well developed, especially in the right bone of No. 19. 
The tibia is relatively very short, the tibio-femoral index being only 
74 ' 3 , and the condylo-astragalar length of the bone being the same as the 
extreme length of the humerus. The head of the tibia is not retroverted, 
but the shaft is platycnemic, though not so conspicuously so as in the case of 
the Orang Laut Kappir specimen. The platycnemic index is 75 , and the 
measurements on which it is based are : — transverse diameter, 21 mm. ; 
anterior-posterior diameter, 28 mm. In the lower extremity of the bone the 
extra astragalar facet is well marked. The tibialis posticus groove is ill defined 
and shallow. 
The bones of the lower limb indicate stoutly built individuals of fairly 
short stature. The humero-femoral index is the same as the tibio- 
femoral, viz., 74-3. 
