  Bright elliptical galaxies have a markedly different distribution of Hubble
types than faint ellipticals; the division occurs near M_B=-20 and bright
ellipticals are rounder on average. The Hubble types of galaxies in both groups
are narrowly clustered, around E1.5 in the case of the bright galaxies and
around E3 for the fainter ones. The Hubble-type distribution of the faint
ellipticals is consistent with oblate symmetry, but the oblate hypothesis fails
for the bright ellipticals. However a distribution of triaxial intrinsic shapes
can successfully reproduce the apparent shape data for either group. The
distribution of intrinsic, short-to-long axis ratios is peaked around 0.75 for
bright galaxies and 0.65 for faint galaxies. Our results provide further
evidence that elliptical galaxies should be divided into two, morphologically
distinct families.
