
RECLASSIFICATION OF SUBFAMILY AGRYPNINAE 199 
Agrypnus pipitzi (Candéze) comb. n. 
Lacon pipitzi Candéze, 1889 : 72 (6). 
Adelocera pipitzi (Candéze) Fleutiaux, 1926 : 96. 
The description is based on an unrecorded (‘plusieurs’) number of specimens 
received from Pipitz. 
Type-material: ?IRSNB, Brussels. 
The generic attribution is based on the following specimen: MADAGASCAR: 3, 
Madagascar: pipitzi Cand. [Fleut.] (MNHN, Paris). 
Agrypnus pistorius (Candéze) comb. n. 
Lacon pistorius Candéze, 1893¢ : 171. 
Adelocera pistorius (Candéze) Fleutiaux, 1926 : 96. 
Syntypes examined. INpIA: 2 J, 2 9, Kanara; cotype (BMNH curatorial label]. 
One specimen bears Andrewes’ determination label, and another a determination 
label in an unknown hand (BMNH). The description was based on six specimens. 
The selection of a lectotype is postponed until a search has been made for the 
remaining two specimens. 
Agrypnus plagiatus (Candéze) comb. n. 
Lacon plagiatus Candéze, 1878b : LIV (8). 
Lacon plagiatus Candéze; Neboiss, 1956 : 11. 
The description is based on an unrecorded number of specimens from Australia, 
Port Denison [near Bowen, QUEENSLAND]. 
Type-material: ?IRSNB, Brussels. 
The generic attribution is based on the following specimen: 2, Lacon plagiatus 
Cand. Cooktown [?Cand.] (MNHN, Paris). 
Agrypnus planatus (Candéze) comb. n. 
Lacon planatus Candéze, 1895) : 55. 
_ Adelocera planatus (Candéze) Fleutiaux, 1926 : 96. 
The description is based on an unrecorded number of specimens from Mapa- 
GASCAR, Imerina (Sikora). 
Type-material: ?>IRSNB, Brussels. 
The generic attribution is based on the following specimen: MADAGASCAR: g, 
Madag., Collection Fleutiaux; L. planatus Cand. n.sp. El. n. vi [?Cand.], L. planatus 
Cand. Ann. Belg. 95 : 55. Cand. det. [Fleut.] (MNHN, Paris). 
The description did not appear in Elaterides Nouveaux 6, 1806. 
