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  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION 
  

   U. 
  S. 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Vol. 
  103 
  Washington: 
  1955 
  No. 
  3336 
  

  

  SUPPLEMENT 
  AND 
  CORRECTIONS 
  TO 
  J. 
  A. 
  HYSLOP'S 
  

   GENOTYPES 
  OF 
  THE 
  ELATERID 
  BEETLES 
  OF 
  THE 
  

   WORLD' 
  

  

  By 
  Ross 
  H. 
  Arnett, 
  Jr. 
  

  

  The 
  publication 
  in 
  1921 
  of 
  J. 
  A. 
  Hyslop's 
  "Genotypes 
  of 
  the 
  Elaterid 
  

   Beetles 
  of 
  the 
  World" 
  (Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  vol. 
  58, 
  No. 
  2353, 
  

   pp. 
  621-680) 
  opened 
  the 
  road 
  to 
  a 
  stabilized 
  nomenclature 
  in 
  the 
  

   family 
  Elateridae. 
  The 
  impetus 
  of 
  this 
  work 
  resulted 
  in 
  a 
  great 
  many 
  

   studies 
  in 
  the 
  generic 
  classification 
  of 
  this 
  moderately 
  large 
  family. 
  

   Although 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  generic 
  names 
  employed 
  up 
  to 
  that 
  time 
  were 
  

   shown 
  to 
  be 
  incorrect, 
  a 
  great 
  stride 
  was 
  made 
  in 
  providing 
  a 
  means 
  

   for 
  the 
  stabilization 
  of 
  the 
  names 
  in 
  this 
  group, 
  because, 
  as 
  I 
  believe 
  

   has 
  been 
  shown 
  repeatedly, 
  it 
  is 
  only 
  after 
  the 
  genotypes 
  have 
  been 
  

   correctly 
  determined 
  that 
  generic 
  assignments 
  can 
  be 
  made. 
  

  

  However, 
  during 
  the 
  34 
  years 
  since 
  the 
  pubUcation 
  of 
  this 
  work, 
  a 
  

   considerable 
  number 
  of 
  new 
  names 
  have 
  been 
  proposed, 
  and 
  a 
  fair 
  

   number 
  of 
  inaccuracies 
  have 
  been 
  discovered. 
  Many 
  of 
  these 
  errors 
  

   have 
  been 
  pointed 
  out 
  by 
  Mequignon 
  and 
  Lane 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  

   papers: 
  

  

  M^QTJIGNON, 
  A. 
  

  

  1930. 
  Notes 
  synonymiques 
  sur 
  les 
  filat^rides 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  Bull. 
  Soc. 
  Ent. 
  France 
  

   (1930). 
  pp. 
  91-96. 
  

   Lane, 
  M. 
  C. 
  

  

  1948. 
  Some 
  generic 
  corrections 
  in 
  the 
  Elateridae 
  — 
  I. 
  Proc. 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  Wash- 
  

   ington, 
  vol. 
  60. 
  pp. 
  179-182. 
  

  

  1948. 
  Some 
  generic 
  corrections 
  in 
  the 
  Elateridae 
  — 
  II. 
  Proc. 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  Wash- 
  

  

  ington, 
  vol. 
  50, 
  pp. 
  221-223. 
  

  

  1949. 
  Some 
  generic 
  corrections 
  in 
  the 
  Elateridae 
  — 
  III. 
  Proc. 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  

  

  Washington, 
  vol. 
  51, 
  pp. 
  152-153. 
  

   1953. 
  Some 
  generic 
  corrections 
  in 
  the 
  Elateridae 
  — 
  IV. 
  Proc. 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  

   Washington, 
  vol. 
  55, 
  pp. 
  86-89. 
  

  

  ' 
  Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  toI. 
  58, 
  No. 
  2353, 
  pp. 
  621-680, 
  1921. 
  

  

  ' 
  Formerly 
  of 
  Entomology 
  Research 
  Branch, 
  Agriculture 
  Research 
  Service, 
  U. 
  8. 
  Department 
  of 
  

   Agriculture; 
  now 
  Head, 
  Department 
  of 
  Biology, 
  St. 
  John 
  Fisher 
  College, 
  Rochester, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

  

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