Our subject, now 28 years old, had no education from his parents; was a shoemaker at Stilo (Reggio, Calabria), his native place, where he had a bad reputation for idleness and thieving. PHYSICAL EXAMINATION. _Head._ _Inspection and Palpation._--A considerable depression in the lambdoid region. External occipital protuberance scarcely perceptible. Markedly plagiocephalic on the right side, anteriorly; with plagio-prosopia on the same side. Ears small; the right planted further back. Prognathism of the superior maxilla. Absence of the two upper middle incisor teeth, from a fall in childhood. Inferior dental arch, with parabolic and oblique margin to the right; depressed on the right. Colour of face, yellowish, pale. Beard thin. _Measurements._--Circumference at the base cent. 54 Anterior semi-circumference " 28½ Posterior " " " 25½ Antero-posterior curve " 31 Transverse " " 31½ Approximate cranial capacity (results of three curves), 1165. Maximum antero-posterior diameter mill. 182 " transverse diameter " 147 Cephalic index, 80.76 (cranial type, sub-brachycephalic). Bi-auricular diameter mill. 128 Bi-mastoid " " 126 Maximum frontal diameter " 104 Bi-orbital " " 108 Bi-maxillary " " 102 Height of the forehead " 56 " " face " 128 Length of nose (to tip) " 54½ Width " (base) " 32 _Trunk and Limbs._ Body slender. Height medium. Left mammary region depressed, and nipple lower than on right side. Posteriorly the left base of the thorax rather less developed than the right. Hands thin, with long and pointed fingers. Tattoo marks on the two fore-arms: on the right a transfixed heart, a woman’s head, the letters F. and B.; on the left two stars, one large, the other small, the letters L. and A. (his initials), a cross, and nearer the wrist an indistinct sign ending in a B. On the feet the two little toes are small, especially the left, out of proportion to the development of the rest of the foot. Hair sparse. Superficial veins healthy, but varicose in left popliteal region. Genital organs little developed. PHYSIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION. _Dynamometer._--Right hand, 90; left hand, 85.