Abstract
The location of types ofBruchus limbatusHorn,B.pruininusHorn,B.sordidusHorn,B.pauperculusLeConte, andB.distinguendusHorn is discussed, and lectotypes designated where needed. The confusion in American literature involving the namesBruchus obtectusSay,B.obsoletusSay, andB.distinguendusHorn is reviewed.Bruchus erythrocerus, inadvertently validated by Riley (1871), is synonymized withMeibomeus musculus(Say).

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