Abstract
1. Terminal phalanges of toes sometimes show in their distal mantel system independent pattern types having a triradius, pattern area, and a core. These pattern types are called auxilliary toe-prints. In the proximal ridge system, outside the pattern area of these auxilliary toe-prints independent toe-prints are found having the triradius, pattern area, and a core. These pattern types are called main toe-prints. Sometimes distal phalanges of toes show, and distal phalanges of fingers show less frequently that main and auxilliary pattern types which are quite independent at least from the view point of morphology. These are called mixedin-pattern types.
2. Combinations bf main and auxilliary toe-prints make various mixed-in-pattern types which are shown in the illustration.
3. Mixed-in-pattern types or auxilliary are the main reason for the appearance of a closely related toe-print peculiarity, i. e., bicentric pattern types.
4. Auxilliary pattern types appearing in the distal mantel system are an important factor for transitional changes between bicentric pattern types and other types.
Such transition among patterns should be viewed from the standpoint of various factors including the described elements instead of from the standpoint of the so far maintained single factor position centering around main pattern types.
