No. 2353. OENOTYPES OF THE ELATERIDAE—HYSLOP. 657 



Meroplinthus Candi&ze. 



1891, Cat. Method. Elat., p. 163. Four species. 



Type. — Pyrophoncs trinotattis CandSze, Elat. Nouv., fasc. 3, p. 91, 1881. 

 (Present designation.) 

 Metablax CANDl:zE=(Blax Cand^ze, not Thomson, 1860). 



1869, Harold, Col., Heft 5, p. 122. (New name for Blax Canonize, pre- 

 occupied.) 



Type. — Elater acutipennis White. 

 Metanomus Buysson. 



1887, Bull. Soc. Ent. France, ser, 6, vol. 7, p. 132. 



Type. — CorymMtes ( Prist olopJins) montivagus Rosenhatjeb, Ins. Faun. 

 Euro p., vol. 1, p. 15, 1847. (Monobasic.) 

 [Metopius Desbrochers des Loges, not Panzer, 1806, Hymenoptera]=Idolus 

 Desbrochers. 



1870, L' Abeille, vol. 7, p. 122. 



Type. — Agriotes brcviusculus Desbrochers. (Monobasic.) 

 Note. — Isogenotypic with Idolus Desbrochers. 

 Metriaulacus Schwaez. 



1901, Deutsche Ent. Zeit., p. 198. 



Type. — Metriaulacus nigrolaterus Schwaez. (Monobasic.) 

 Micrelaterium ^ Handlirsch. 



1906-1908, Die Fossilen Insect., vol. 1, p. 554, pi. 45, fig. 37. 



Type. — Elaterium triopas Westwood, Quar. Journ. Geol. Soc, vol. 10, p. 389, 

 1854. (Monobasic.) 

 Microdesmes CandSze. 



1881, Elat. Nouv., fasc. 3, p. 99. 



Type. — CardiopJiorus inastersi MacLeay, Trans. New South Wales, vol. 8, 

 p. 258. (Monobasic.) 

 Microglyphonyx Champion. 



1896, Biol. Centr. Amer. Col., vol. 8, p. 549. 



Type. — Microglyplionyx coarctatus Champion. (Monobasic.) 



Note.— O. Schwarz (1906) reduces the genus to a subgenus of Gly- 



phonyx Cand£;ze. 

 Mimelater * Handlirsch. 



1906, Die Fossilen Insect, vol. 1, p. 449. 



Type.— Elater angulatus Giebel, Ins. Vorw., vol. 92, 1856. (Monobasic.) 

 Note.— Handlirsch remarks : " Moglicherweise eine Elateride." 

 Mocquerysia Fleutiaxix. 



1899, Bull. mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, p. 369. Two species. 



Type.— J/^ocgweri/sta bicolor Fleutiaux. (Present designation.) 

 Monadicus CANDi;zE. 



1860, Monogr. Elat., vol. 3, p. 52. Three species. 



Type. — ilotutdicus mohiliceps Cand£:ze. (Present designation.) 

 Monelasmus CandI:ze. 



1863, Monogr. Elat., vol, 4, p. 382. Four species. 



Type. — Monelasmus guyanensis Cand^ze. (Present designation.) 

 Monocrepidius Eschscholtz. 



1829, Thon. Archiv., vol. 2, pt. 1, p. 32. Nine species. 



Type. — Monocrepidius paUipes Eschscholtz. (Present designation.) 

 Morostoma Cand^ze. 



1879, Cist. Ent., vol. 2, p. 485. 



Type. — Morostoma palpale CANDi:zE. (Monobasic.) 



1 Fossil. 

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