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and middle-western States. From the western States four species, as listed 

 below, have been referred to the genus. For these species, a closer com- 

 parative study seems indicated. 



Brachydesmus calif orniciis Chamberlin 



Brachydesmus californicus Chamberlin, 1918, Pomona Coll. Journ. Ent. 



Zool.,vol.lO,No.l,p.9. 

 Type: Mus. Comp. Zool. 



Type Locality: Stanford, Santa Clara County, California. 

 Range : Known only from the type locality. 



Brachydesmus cavicola (Packard) 



Polydesmus cavicola Packard, 1877, Bull. U. S. Geol. Geogr. Surv. Terr. 



(Hayden), vol. 3, p. 161, figs. 6, 6a-d. 

 Type : Not known to exist. 



Type Locality : Clinton's Cave, Tooele County, Utah. 

 Range: Known only from type locality. 



Brachydesmus hastingsus Chamberlin 



Brachydesmus hastingsus Chamberlin, 1941, Bull. Univ. Utah, biol. ser., 



voL 6, No. 4, p. 27, figs. 18, 19. 

 Type : Collection of R. V. Chamberlin. 



Type Locality : Hastings Reservation, Monterey County, California. 

 Range : Known only from the type locality. 



Brachydesmus superus Latzel 



Brachydesmus superus Latzel, 1884, Myr. Ost.-Ung. Monarch., vol. 2, 



p. 130, pi. 6, figs. 68, 69.— Jawlowski, 1939, Frag. Faun. Mus. Zool. 



Polonici, vol. 4, p. 150. — Attems, 1940, Das Tierreich, Lief. 70, 



p. 120. 

 Brachydesmus gladiolus Williams and Hefner, 1928, Bull. Ohio Biol. Surv., 



No. 18, p. 113, fig. 12c (type locality: Allen County, Ohio: location 



of types unknown). 

 Brachydesmus pallidas Loomis, 1939, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 86, 



p. 191, fig. 14 (type locality: Charleston, West Virginia; type: Mus. 



Comp. Zool.) . 

 Brachydesmus dux Chamberlin, 1940, Ent. News, vol. 51, p. 284, fig. 4 



(type locality: Durham, North Carolina; type: collection of R. V. 



Chamberlin). 

 Type : Present location unknown. 

 Type Locality: Prater, near Wien, Austria. 



Range: General over eastern Europe, widely distributed elsewhere by 

 commerce. In the United States it is often abundant in gardens and culti- 

 vated areas, having been collected in North Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania, 

 West Virginia, Ohio, and Michigan. 



