186 cM. EF. von HAYEK 
Agrypnus murinus (Linnaeus) 
Elatey murinus Linnaeus, 1758 : 406, no. Ig. ; 
Agrvypnus murinus (Linnaeus) Eschscholtz, 1829 : 32. 
Lacon murinus (Linnaeus) Germar, 1840 : 264. 
Adelocera mucorea LeConte, 1853 : 491. [Synonymized by Buysson, 1893 : 20.] 
Lacon sordidus Candéze, 1857 : 114. [Synonymized by Fleutiaux, 1926 : 99.] 
Agrypnus murinus (Linnaeus); Lane, 1953 : 88. 
Elater murinus Linnaeus. LECTOTYPE (present designation). 9, 1g murinus 
[Linnaeus] (Linnean Society collection, BMNH). The published locality is 
‘EUROPE’. 
The Linnean collection contains two additional specimens, both correctly 
identified. The first, a male bears a printed number ‘28’ presumably referring to 
Linnaeus, 1788 : 655 in which murinus is listed as number 28. The third specimen 
bears a manuscript label ‘Angl. J.E.S.’ and was presumably added by J. E. Smith, 
one-time owner of the Linnean collection. 
Examination of the material standing as murinus Linnaeus in the BMNH, 
IRSNB, Brussels and MNHN, Paris has shown that collectors and authors have 
interpreted the species correctly. It is the only Agrypnus species occurring in 
western Europe. 
Adelocera mucorea LeConte. Holotype. 6, brick-red paper disk [Southern 
States, see p. 277]; Lacon mucoreus Lec. [LeC., sic]; murinus (MCZ, Harvard). 
The published locality is GzorciA. The contents of the abdomen have been 
eaten by Anthrenus; the sex of the specimen has been determined from the 
appearance of the last abdominal sternite (see p. 117). Why LeConte labelled 
the specimen Lacon mucoreus when he described it as an Adelocera species is 
unknown. As there is no detailed record of where the specimen was found, there 
is no means of telling whether this specimen was imported by chance or whether 
the brick-red paper disk was affixed to a European specimen in error. There 
are no subsequent records of this species being found in the United States. 
Lacon sordidus Candéze. LECTOTYPE (present designation). SENEGAL: g, 
Collection Chevrolat; E. sordidus Cand. type [?Cand.]; sordidus Cand. type Mon. 
[Fleut.]. The specimen stands over a Chevrolat collection label; Lacon sordidus 
Cand. type Mon. I, p. 114 : 22, Senegal, Collection Chevrolat (MNHN, Paris). 
The origin of this specimen is also unknown. There are no subsequent records 
of this species from Senegal. 
GERMAR’S INTERPRETATION OF Elater murinus LINNAEUS. The BMNH possesses 
six specimens of this species from the Schaum collection. One bears a label 
‘murinus omn.’ in a handwriting I believe to be that of Germar. All the specimens 
are correctly determined. 
Agrypnus murrayensis (Blackburn) comb. n. 
Lacon murvayensis Blackburn, 18914 : 504. 
Lacon murrayensis Blackburn; Neboiss, 1956 : Io. 

