ON THE NAMES OF AMERICAN FUSULINAS 241 



It is doubtful whether Dr. Beede's F. secalica is the same as 

 Say's F. secalica; doubtful also whether it is the same as von Staff's, 

 since it is much more slender, possibly larger, and with much less 

 strongly plicated walls, at least as represented in the figure. 



My Triticites or Fusulina secalica came from about the same 

 locality and horizon as the original and agrees with the original 

 description in all the characters mentioned, though this agreement 

 unfortunately is not adequate to estabhsh complete specific identity. 



Everyone probably would admit that we do not actually know 

 what true F. secalica is, but it might well be argued that the species 

 had been re-established by emendation in the reports of Dr. Beede, 

 or of myself. Dr. Beede's emendation has priority over mine, but 

 mine I believe is more probably the original F. secalica of Say. 

 My species is clearly, and Dr. Beede's may well be, distinct from 

 von Staff's. I should not object to seeing Dr. Beede's interpretation 

 or any other supersede my own if it were shown to be the authentic 

 species or more probably the authentic species, but the facts are, 

 if anything, just the opposite, and it would be especially inadvisable 

 to adopt Dr. Beede's interpretation if it entailed the inclusion (as 

 it probably would) of von Staff's also, since his is in all probabiHty 

 distinct from the original. 



Until some better evidence comes to hght, therefore, it would 

 seem to be necessary to interpret F. secalica on the basis of my Triti- 

 cites secalicus of 1904. Von Staff is probably correct in identifying 

 the latter with his F. centralis, but as his application of this name is 

 entirely arbitrary, F. centralis von Staff must for the present be. 

 written in the synonymy of F. secalica Say. 



On the other hand, F. secalica von Staff almost certainly goes out 

 of the synonymy of F. secalica Say, together with all the American 

 citations of F. cylindrica which agree with it, including possibly 

 F. secalica Beede. 



The proper name for this species {F. secalica von Staff non Say) 

 I am unable to suggest. It may be undescribed, but I suspect that 

 it is the authentic F. ventricosa {F. cylindrica var. ventricosa) of 

 Meek and Hayden, and that von Staff's Girtyina ventricosa is a 

 still different type. F. cylindrica var. ventricosa was described 

 (without figures) from Juniata and Manhattan, Kansas, but Meek 

 and Worthen later identified and figured it from a lower horizon 



