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Lanelater tomentosus (Fabricius) 
Elater tomentosus Fabricius, 1798 : 138. 
Agrvypnus tomentosus (Fabricius) Eschscholtz, 1829 : 32. 
Lanelater tomentosus (Fabricius) Arnett, 1952 : 105. 
The description is based on an unrecorded number of specimens from ‘India 
orientali’. According to Zimsen (1964 : 158, no. 2612) this material has not been 
located. 
Confirmation of Arnett’s generic attribution is based on specimens standing as 
tomentosus in the BMNH. 
OCTOCRYPTUS Candéze 
Octocryptus Candéze, 1892c : 486. Type-species: Octocryptus cardoni Candéze, by original 
designation. 
At first sight the five species included in the genus bear a very close resemblance 
to the true Agrypninae. Examination of the underside immediately reveals the 
distinctive characteristics of the group, the deep grooves near the lateral margins 
of the propleurae for the accommodation of the antennae, and the fact that in 
repose the tarsi are lodged in grooves occupying the position of the posterior portion 
of the prosternopleural suture. 
The relationship of this genus to other genera within the family is extremely 
uncertain. Candéze erected the tribe Octocryptites for the genus. Schenkling 
(1925 : 39) raised it to subfamily status while Fleutiaux (1941c) treats it as a sub- 
division (Octocryptitae) of the Agrypninae. 
Fleutiaux (1944 : 145) gives a generic diagnosis and key to species. In addition 
to the diagnostic characters mentioned by Fleutiaux, the genus possesses the follow- 
ing features: the mesepimera do not attain the margin of the middle costal cavity, 
tibial spurs are absent and there are no setae at the base of each claw. 
Fleutiaux (1944: 145) states that he examined the types of the two species 
described by Candéze. However as Candéze did not record the number of specimens 
on which he based his descriptions and as Fleutiaux provides no means of identify- 
ing the specimens he examined, his statement cannot be accepted as valid lectotype 
designations for cardoni Candéze and radula Candéze. 
DISTRIBUTION. Oman, India, North Vietnam, Sumatra. 
BIOLOGY AND HABITS. Nothing is known of the life history of the species. 
Specimens have been found buried at some depth in leaf detritus near a river 
(Candéze, 1892c : 487) and near lakes, streams and in damp places (Fleutiaux, 
1944 : 148). 
Octocryptus babaulti Fleutiaux 
Octocryptus babaulti Fleutiaux, 1944 : 148. 
LECTOTYPE (present designation). N.Inp1A: Sex unknown. Bajaura, Kangra 
district (Indes Angl.); G. Babault, Juin 1914; boursouflures laterales du pronotum 
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