194 Gi Ms Es VON VEAMIEKK 
Lacon paenulatus Boheman. LECTOTYPE (present designation). SouTH 
AFRICA: 4, Caffraria; J. Wahlb. (NR, Stockholm). 
Paralectotypes. I ex (? g, abdomen missing), I 9, same labels as lectotype. 
I ex. (? 9, abdomen missing). Caffraria; J. Wahlb.; paenulatus Boh. [Boh.] 
(NR, Stockholm). 
The published locality is ‘Habitat in terra Natalensi’. The localities of 
Boheman’s material are discussed on p. 280. The male was selected as the 
lectotype because the specimen bearing Boheman’s determination label lacks 
the abdomen. 
Archontoides pretoriensis. Cobos. Holotype. SouTH AFRIcA: Q,. Fountains, 
Pretoria, Africa det. Sur (Al. Capner coll. 3.1.1951 leg); Archontoides pretoriensis; 
Archontoides pretoriensis mihi [Cobos] (Cobos collection). 
Agrypnus paleatus (Champion) comb. n. 
Lacon paleatus Champion, 1894 : 267. 
Pyrganus paleatus (Champion) Golbach, 1968 : 198. 
Syntypes examined. PANAMA: 2 9, 49, V. de Chiriqui, 25-4000 ft. Champion; 
BCA Coll. IlI(x) Lacon paleatus Ch. [Champion] (BMNH). Two males are 
marked ‘9’ by Champion (see p. 117) and one female bears a label: ‘sp. figured’. 
Lectotype designation is postponed until the specimens have been studied in 
greater detail. 
It is of interest to note that in all the syntypes the margins of the prothorax 
are crenate to a greater or lesser degree (cf. Golbach’s generic diagnosis of Pyrganus). 
Agrypnus palliatus (Candéze) comb. n. 
Lacon palliatus Candéze, 18930 : 7. 
Adeloceva pailiatus (Candéze) Fleutiaux, 1926 : 96. 
The description is based on an unrecorded number of specimens from MADAGASCAR, 
Andrangoloaca. 
Type-material: ?>IRSNB, Brussels. 
The generic attribution based on Candéze’s comment ‘Jolie espéce du groupe 
du turbidus’ (=Agrypnus tubidus (Germar), see p. 224). 
Agrypnus palliditarsis (Candéze) comb. n. 
Lacon palliditarsis Candéze, 1857 : 120; pl. 1, fig. 18. 
Adeloceva palliditarsis (Candéze) Fleutiaux, 1926 : 99. 
LECTOTYPE (present designation). SoutH Arrica: 9, Type; 106; L. palli- 
ditarsus [Cand.]; Adelocera palliditarsis Chevr. Schaum [unknown mss., last few 
words illegible]; Collection Chevrolat; n.sp. Germ. palliditarsus Cand. type Mon. 
[Fleut.] (MNHN, Paris). The specimen stands beside a Chevrolat collection label: | 
Lacon palliditarsis Cand., type Mon. 1 : 120, 33 Cap. bon. sp. Chevrolat. 

