_Diagnosis._--This woman, under the stress of illnesses and need of money, was drawn to theft; she was not, however, predisposed to crime, and (excepting the dissolute conduct of one brother) there were no marked signs of hereditary degeneration. When we add that she was never given to orgies, that she did not care to associate with her criminal companions, that she did not learn the _gergo_, that she blushed when spoken to without due consideration, we must conclude that she is an occasional criminal. If she had been in a comfortable social condition, and in good relation with her husband, she would probably not have become a delinquent. (Giuseppe Abradi, _Archivio di Psichiatria_, vol. x. Fasc. I.) IV.--R. S., of Naples, age 23; height, m. 1.68; weight, kilog. 82.5. Soldier. Traces on skin of wounds from fire-arms and knives; one on the abdomen given him by a woman. Colour of skin is dark. Tattoo marks on legs and arms: initials, daggers in memory of revenges to be accomplished, arrows as records of love; on his hand a sun; also bears the signs of the _camorra_, of which, but only as a great secret, he revealed the significance. He declares that for him, and for the _camorrista_ in general, tattooing is “a passion, an ambition, like that, for example, of students for their collars and ties.” “The more one is tattooed,” he said, “the more one is esteemed and feared by comrades, because it shows how far one has gone in the road of crime.” Hair on head thick and dark; complete absence of beard. Prognathism: forehead small and narrow (165 × 48), lower jaw voluminous; eyes small and very mobile; frontal sinuses prominent. Has a certain air of _bonhomie_ in his face which contrasts with the cynicism with which he narrates his criminal achievements. Cranial measurements: longitudinal diameter, 187; transverse, 150; longitudinal curve, 364; transverse, 310; maximum circumference, 557. Dynamometer: with both hands, 84; with right, 54; with left, 43. Supports with extended arm a weight of kilog. 5 for fourteen minutes. Esthesiometer: right, 3.5; left, 4.5. Electrical sensibility: right, 40; left, 45. Sensibility to pain: right, 0; left, 0. Slow to distinguish colours, confusing blue and green. Thermometer: right, 37°5; left, 37°9. Fond of wine; vicious since he was a child. Natural and unnatural sexual habits. Except venereal disorders and a cyst, which he had as a child, has never been ill. He has indeed been sent to a hospital as insane, but it was feigned, as he was then under trial, in order to obtain “attenuating circumstances.” By him and his family religion is regarded as merely imposture, and politics does not exist. In the newspapers he only reads the police news, as that which alone concerns him. At age of 10 was “sent to college” (_i.e._, house of correction), because he was found taking the impression of a lock. There he was initiated in the _camorra_, exercised by the lads clandestinely.