THE VARIETIES OF THE HUMAN SPECIES. 



8th. Parallelepipedoid (^parallelepipedoides). 



Figures 17 and 19 represent a Sardinian type. The normal 

 Une has a sHght swelhng in the posterior part, and does not give 

 the exact image of the form with parallel lines, while the lateral 

 line corresponds to its name more closely. This form has a flat 



Fig. 17.— Parallelepipedoides 

 Sardin. 



Fig. 18.— Parallelepipedoides 

 kurganicus. 



arch, vertical forehead, smooth occiput, and the base leveled ; it is 

 narrow, long, low, with smooth sides and evident corners, which 

 makes a geometrical form. 



Fig. 19.— Parallelepipedoides Sardin. 



Figure i^r&^rtstnts^L parallelepipedoid ir ova the Russian Kour- 

 gans. It appears very clear by the parallel lines of the two sides, 

 its length and regularity. 



