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specimens, where the absence of Wormian bones permit a statement on the 
point, the parietal is the shorter of the two; the occipital arc appears to have 
been relatively long. The transverse constriction, known to French anthro¬ 
pologists as la bande de la Toulousie , is well marked in No. 16 ; and in all the 
specimens a large oval depression, embracing in its longer diameter the 
sagittal structure, is a conspicuous feature of the posterior parietal region 
{cf antea p. 151). Possibly it may have been produced by the pressure 
of a knot or some other fastening during infancy. The posterior slope of 
the cranium, influenced to some extent by this depression, commences about 
midway between the bregma and the lambda, and is very gradual. The side 
walls of the cranium are slightly convex. 
Norma lateralis , In those specimens in which the upper jaw has been 
preserved, prognathism is absent. The contour of the nasal bones, the tips 
of which have been broken in every skull, shows that the nose could not have 
been prominent in life, and that a definite bridge must have been present. 
The glabella and occipital ridges are prominent, especially in Nos. 11, 16, and 
17. The mastoid and zygone are comparatively stout, especially in No, 16. 
The outline between the glabella and the occipital point forms a fairly regular 
arc, but the external occipital protuberance is very prominent, and the squama 
itself is flattened rather than convex. The cerebellar part of the occiput is 
convex downwards, arguing a great convexity of the external surface of the 
cerebellum ; it is also of relatively great extent. 
Norma facialis . The face is broad and flat, though the cheek-bones are 
not so prominent as in many Mongoloid skulls. As the zygomata have been 
broken in all the specimens on one side or on both, it is impossible to give 
the exact facial index, but it was probably chamaeoprosopic; the external nares 
are wide, and in two out of the three specimens m which it was possible to 
calculate the nasal index, it was broadly platyrhine (60*9 and 56*3), while 
in a third it was mesorhine (48*9). The floor of the nasal cavity is not 
separated from the upper jaw by a ridge, but rather by a transverse depression, 
interrupted in the middle line. The shape of the orbits varies considerably, 
and the extremes of the orbital index in five specimens are 62*5 ant ^ 84*2, 
the former being microseme to an unusual degree. The forehead is not a 
receding one, and the frontal region is well developed. 
Norma occipitalis. The outline is somewhat squared. All the depressions 
and ridges seen in this view are particularly well marked and definite. 
Sutures. The sutures are complicated in all the skulls, and the presence 
of Wormian bones is common. In No. 11 there are three supernumerary 
ossicles, two of them of considerable size, at the junction of the sagittal and 
