VOL. XVI. (1) BUCKMAN—GENUS C/NC7'A 4I 
SOME SPECIES. OF THE GENUS C/NCTA 
BY 
Ss. S. BUCKMAN, F.G.S. 
(Plates V. VI.) 
The generic name Czzcfa was proposed by Quenstedt 
in 1868 in his work “ Die Brachiopoden.”* In p. 25 he 
mentions “the smooth Czucta numzsmalis of the Lias” as 
the “only type” of the Czzc¢e in that formation. In p. 27 
he places Czzcta with Terebratula, Terebratulina, etc., as 
genera of the family (or sub-family) Epithyride, his 
division 6 of Terebratulide. In 1877 Dall,? though he 
does not make reference to p. 25 of Quenstedt’s work, 
only to p. 27, gives the type of Czucta definitely as 
“ Terebratula numesmalis, Lamarck.” He placed Czncta, 
however, as a synonym of /uwdesza, King, which, in his 
opinion, was to be the name for all the long-looped Tere- 
bratuloids, at that time and since known as Wadldhezmza. 
Dall, however, in 1877, pointed out that Waldhetmia was 
preoccupied ; and so he fell back on Ludesza. 
The generic name Czzcfa thus precedes those names 
which have been given since to the various divisions of 
long-looped Terebratuloids (Waldhetmia).: it precedes, 
for instance, Zezllerza, Aulacothyris, Ornithella, Magel- 
fania, etc. Should there be any question of merging, it is 
1 Petref, Deutschl. IT. 
2 Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. 8. 
