so 



THE VARIETIES OF THE HUMAN SPECIES. 



form; the same of the occiput. This curious and characteristic 

 form is subject to variations which would take too long to 

 describe here. 



Fig. 39.— Ellips. Depressus. 



2d. Ellips. isopericampyhis (Fig. 40). 



Isopericampylus signifies " with equal curves all around " ; the 

 character of this subvariety is especially that the form is handsome 

 and perfect. It may have variations in the form of the ellipse 

 and in some other characters. 



Fig. 40.— Ellips. Isopericampylus. 

 3d. Ellips. embolicus. 



From embolus, prow, because the occipital decline, which com- 

 mences well forward, reaches as far as the cranial base, and such 



