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THE VAKTETIES OF THE HUMAN SPECIES. 



from the norma verticalis (Fig. 22) and from the posterior (Fig. 

 23). The characteristic of the norma occipitaHs is especially that 

 the height is almost always equal to the width; hence we obtain 

 the true cubical form from the side, this presenting a superficies 

 of the cube. 



Fig. 22.— Cuboides Parvus. 



Fig. 23.— Cuboides Parvus. 



Figure 24 represents a cuboides niagnus (from the Kourgans), 

 while Figs. 22 and 2}^ reproduce a cuboides parvus of Sardinia. 



Fig. 24.— Cuboides Magnus. 



Masculine cuboids may be found, especially large ones, with 

 retreating foreheads and frontal sinuses large, and differing from 

 the type Fig. 24. 



