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FASCICULI MALJTENSES 
extremities form a well-marked process ; they are of medium prominence* 
The floor of the nasal cavity is separated from the mandible by distinct pre- 
nasal fossae, the form of which is not quite that of the extreme Negroid' type, 
as they are somewhat more shallow* The prominence of the nasal spine is slight, 
but the nasal index is leptorhine, being only 46*2. The canine fossae are very 
deeply depressed. The face is not so flat as in the preceding specimen, but it 
also is chamaeoprosopic if the complete facial index (85*7) be considered, and 
leptoprosopic considering the maxillo-facial index of 53-4. 
Norma occipitalis. 
The outline from behind is pentagonal. The surface seen in this aspect 
is slightly arched, though approximating to the flat, and the plane of the nuchal 
plate slopes inwards gradually, so that the whole of its length is well within 
the plain of vision ; but it forms a smaller angle with the squama than in No. 
2i. It ts impossible to say that the skull has been artificially deformed, the 
condition of the occipital region differing in no important respect from that 
common in normal brachycephalic skulls. 
Jaws and Teeth. 
The palate is still dolichuramc, though somewhat broader than in No. 21, 
its index being 108*8. The internal nares are directed backwards and down¬ 
wards at a more acute angle than is common. 
The conditions of the lower jaw resemble those in the preceding specimen, 
but the bone is stouter and the elevation of the ascending ramus rather higher ; 
the mental spines are more strongly developed. 
The crowns of the anterior molars and premolars are smaller than in 
No. 21, permitting, although the dentary arc is rather shorter, full 
development to the third molar in both jaws. Indeed, this tooth is unusually 
well developed, its crown being very little smaller than that ot the second 
molar ; on both sides of the upper jaw it has three distinct fangs, each fitting 
into a separate loculus. 
The skull is mesocephalic, its index being 1,390 c.cm. 
The following is a brief summary of the resemblances and differences 
exhibited inter se by the two Malay skulls, omitting such differences as appear 
to be due to artificial distortion of the cranium :—Both have narrow faces if 
the lower jaw be left out of account, and in both the addition of this factor 
makes the face appear broader ; both are leptorhine; both have long narrow 
palates ; in both the plane of the foramen magnum is nearly horizontal. On 
the other hand, in No. 21 the bony ridges are feeble, the forehead vertical, the 
1, Sec Hovorku, Dit Atutttrt p. 38, fig. $t/ t Vienna, 1893 
