RECLASSIFICATION OF SUBFAMILY AGRYPNINAE 145 
Germar based his description of tevrenus on an unrecorded number of Madagascan 
specimens received from Dupont. As Candéze (1857 : 104) records that he received 
‘le L. terranus de Germar’ from Schaum, it is reasonable to assume that Schaum 
relabelled the specimen while it was in his collection. There are no specimens 
bearing Germar’s determination labels in the ZMHU, Berlin or DEI, Eberswalde. 
For the history of the Germar collection see p. 275. 
Germar (1840 : 263, 440) appears to have based his interpretation of crenatus 
Klug on Madagascan material collected and determined by Dupont. I have not 
been able to trace any of Dupont’s (see p. 274) specimens bearing Germar’s determi- 
nation label. Germar’s own collection was broken up (see p. 275). Neither the 
MNHU, Berlin nor the DEI, Eberswalde collections possess specimens with Germar’s 
determination labels. The BMNH manuscript catalogue of the Schaum collection 
lists three specimens of crenatus Klug, and the collection contains the three specimens 
recorded below. These specimens agree well with Germar’s description, in which 
he makes especial mention of the crenate lateral margin of the elytra, a distinctive 
feature not shown by crenatus Klug. Despite the absence of Germar’s determina- 
tion label, I have no doubt that the following three specimens which appear to 
belong to an undescribed species, formed part of, if not all, of the material examined 
by Germar. 
MADAGASCAR: I 4, Janson coll. ex Schaum, 1903.130; Dp. [manuscript on small 
blue triangular label, may indicate that this is Dupont’s Madagascan material] 
(BMNH). 1 dg, Janson coll. ex Schaum, 1903.130 (BMNH). 1 9, Janson coll. ex. 
Schaum, 1903.130; crenatus Klg. [Cand.] (BMNH). 
Agrypnus crenicollis (Ménétriés) comb. rev. 
Elater crenicollis Ménétriés, 1832 : 156. 
Agrypnus crenicollis (Ménétriés) Faldermann, 1835 : 166. 
Lacon crenicollis (Ménétriés) Germar, 1840 : 265, pl. 1, fig. I. 
Adelocera (Compsolacon) crenicollis (Ménétriés) Van Zwaluwenburg, 1966 : 289. 
The description is based on a large number [‘Je l’ai trouvé en grand quantité . . .] 
of specimens from: Montagnes de Schiste, devant l’Elbouz [U.S.S.R.}. Fleutiaux 
(1947 : 47) states that the type [sic] is in the ZI, Leningrad. 
The generic attribution is based on specimens from the Caucasus standing under 
this name in the BMNH and MNHN, Paris. There is a general agreement concern- 
ing the identity of this species. 
GERMAR’S INTERPRETATION OF Lacon crenicollis MENETRIES. Germar gives 
only a short description of crenicollis from S. Russia without recording whether 
he possessed any specimens. I have not been able to trace any specimens deter- 
mined by Germar. As Germar’s figure agrees well with the specimens determined 
jas crenicollis known to me, I have assumed that Germar identified the species 
correctly. 
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