FASCICULI MALATENSES 
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the mastoid and zygoma are stout. The squama of the occipital bone is 
inclined to be convex, and the cerebellar part of the occiput is comparatively 
flat and of relatively small extent. 
Norma facialis. The face of No. 19 is broad and rather flat, the 
maxillo-facial index (Koll man's) being 55 9. The external nares are wide, 
the nasal index being 48*1, mesorhme. The floor of the nasal cavity is 
separated by a well-defined ridge from the maxillary region. The orbital 
index is 897, megaseme. The forehead is not a receding one. 
Norma occipitalis . The outline is square in No. 20, while in No. 19 the 
sides slope inwards towards the base of the skull. 
Sutures . The sutures of both skulls are comparatively simple, and there 
are no Wormian bones in either. 
Teeth. As noted already, the third molar has not appeared on either side 
of the upper jaw in No. 19. The point, taken in connexion with similar 
reductions noted in other skulls in our collection, is of interest in the light of 
statements often made regarding dental degeneration in highly civilized races. 
The few teeth that remain in the specimen are well preserved and white, and 
it does not appear that any have been lost during life. Their crowns are of 
moderate size and have not been ground flat. 
The cranial capacity of No. 19 is high, 1,655 c.c. The skull is 
phaenozygous, and rests behind on the posterior border of the foramen 
magnum. 
Summary of Cranial Features . 
Both skulls are brachycephalic in form, though one of them falls within 
the mesaticephalic category numerically. They differ widely from the skulls 
of the Orang Laut Kappir, and indicate a comparatively high position for the 
race they represent, so far as it is possible to make a statement of the kind on 
the evidence of two skulls. 
Limb Bones. The appendicular skeleton is represented by the two femora 
of No. 19, and by the left radius, femur, and tibia of No. 20. In both cases 
the bones were found in close proximity to the skulls with which they have 
been associated ; the skulls lying at some yards’ distance from one another. 
No other bones could be found. The measurements are :— 
No, 19 
Femur—Extreme Length ... R. 424 mm. ; L. 430 mm. 
Oblique Length ... R. 419 mm. ; L. 426 mm. 
Tibia—Extreme Length 
Condylo-Astragalar Length ... ... ... ... 
Humerus—Length ... ... ... 
No. 20 
L. 427 mm. 
L. 424 mm. 
L. 325 mm. 
L. 315 mm. 
L, 315 mm. 
