In the dissection of an adult niale negro a variation was noted in the tnode of attachment of the rhomboideus major to the base of the FIG. 1.-The scapula with the layers of niuscleu on its ventral side showing The vessel near the turu the attachment of the rhomIioid~.ns major ninscle. of the miiscle is the posterior scapiilar artery. scapula. The variation was present on both right and left sides of the body, and consisted in an underlapping of the bone by the muscle.