156 C. M. F. von HAYEK 
LECTOTYPE (present designation). CEYLON: g, Ceylon; Janson coll. 1903.130; 
flavescens Cdze., Type [Cand.]; Lacon flavescens Cand., Type [Gahan]; Lacon 
sericans ? [Janson] (BMNH). 
Agrypnus foedus (Candéze) comb. n. 
Lacon foedus Candéze, 1857 : 123. 
Lacon alboseminatus Kolbe, 1889 : 126. Syn. n. 
Adeloceva foedus (Candéze) Fleutiaux, 1926 : 96. 
Lacon foedus Candéze. LECTOTYPE (present designation). SENEGAL: 4, 
Senegal; Janson coll. ex Candéze, 1903.130; Lacon foedus Cdz. Seneg. {Cand.]; 
Lacon foedus Cand., ex coll. Cand. [Gahan] (BMNH). 
Lacon alboseminatus Kolbe. LECTOTYPE (present designation). ZAIRE: dg, 
Kwako bis Kimpoko [4°12’S., 15°33’E. Eastern shore of Stanley Pool]. Kongo, 
R. Buttner; Lacon alboseminatus [Kolbe] (MNHU, Berlin). 
Agrypnus formosanus (Bates) 
Lacon formosanus Bates, 1866 : 348. 
Agrypnus formosanus (Bates) Ohira, 1966 : 216. 
LECTOTYPE (present designation). Formosa: 9, Ins. Formosa; Janson coll. 
1903.130; Lacon formosanus Bates, Formosa [Bates]; Lacon formosanus Bates, 
Type (ex coll. Bates) [Janson] (BMNH). 
Paralectotype. dg, Ins. Formosa; Janson coll. 1903.130; Lacon formosanus 
Bates (ex coll. Bates) [Janson] (BMNH). 
Agrypnus foveicollis (Cobos) comb. n. 
Lobotarsus foveicollis Cobos, 1970 : 137. 
Holotype. CoNGo (BRAZZAVILLE): 6, Sibiti Congo. xii. 1964; Museum Paris, 
Mission A. Descarpentries et A. Villiers; Prolobotarsus foveicollis nov. sp. Holotypus 
[Cobos] (MNHN, Paris). 
Up to the present the generic name Prolobotarsus has not been published. 
Agrypnus frenchi nom. n. 
Lacon squalescens Blackburn, 1892b : 289. 
Agrypnus squalescens (Blackburn) comb. n. [Secondary junior homonym of Agrypnus 
squalescens (Fairmaire, 1871).] 
The description is based on an unrecorded number of specimens from N. Queens- 
land in the French collection (see p. 275). There is no justification for Neboiss’ 
(1961 : 6) statement that the type is in the BMNH. 
The generic attribution is based on the following syntype. AUSTRALIA: 4, 6673 

