7^ HE VARIETIES OF THE HUMAN SPECIES. 



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This form, seen in the norma verticaHs only, is subject to many 

 variations, preserving, however, the characteristics which clearly 

 distinguish it from others. I add some of the most common 

 forms which I have found and classified. 



I. Sphenoides stenometropus, that with a narrow forehead and 

 generally a small capacity. This type is very common in the Medi- 

 terranean (Fig. 8). 



Fig. 9.— Sphenoides Rotundus. 

 2. Sphenoides rotundus (Fig. 9), which is larger and wider than 



Fig. 10.— Sphenoides Latus. 



the former, and has the elevations rounded ofT, especially in the 

 occipital part, which is globular. 



