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megacerata Cockerell. Syn. of dentiventris Smith. 



melandri Cockerell. Syn. of boltoniae Robertson. 



melanura (Cockerell). Calif., Nev. On flowers of Aster, Corethrogyne, Eri- 

 geron, Eriogonum, Gutierrezia, Lessingia and Solidago. (Eumelis- 

 sodes) 



menuacha Cresson, changed status. B. C, Alta. and N. Dak., south to Calif., 

 Tex., and 111.; Mexico (Chihuahua, Zacatecas). Probably oligolec- 

 tic on Compositae, principally Grindelia and Solidago. Ch. from 

 subsp. to sp. by LaBerge, 1961, loc. cit. supra, p. 419. Remove 

 submenuachus, a valid sp., from synonymy. (Eumelissodes) 



Melissodes pallida Robertson (syn. by LaBerge, 1961, loc. cit. supra, p. 

 419). 



Melissodes niizeae Cockerell (syn. by LaBerge, 1961, loc. cit. supra, p. 

 419). 



Melissodes blakei Cockerell (syn. by LaBerge, 1961, loc. cit. supra, p. 

 419). 



Melissodes lavata Cockerell (syn. by LaBerge, 1961, loc. cit. supra, p. 

 419). 



Melissodes octobris Cockerell (syn. by LaBerge, 1961, loc. cit. supra, p. 

 419). 



menuachus seniilupina Cockerell. Raised to sp. rank. 



menuachus vernonensis Viereck. Syn. of palliclisignata Cockerell. 



metenua Cockerell, changed status. Wash, to northern Calif., Idaho, Wyo., 

 Utah. On flowers of Cosvios, Eriogonum, and Melilotus. (Callime- 

 lissodes) 

 Melissodes metenua metenua Cockerell. Raised to sp. rank {teste La- 

 Berge, 1961, loc. cit. supra, p. 312, figs. 46-49). 



metenua ablusa Cockerell. Raised to sp. rank, 



*inicheneri LaBerge. Southern and central Calif. Oligolectic on Compositae, 

 preferably Chrysothamnus and Chrysopsis. (Eumelissodes) 

 Melissodes (Eumelissodes) niicheneri LaBerge, 1961. Kans. Univ. Sci. 

 Bui. 42: 642. ?, $. 



microsticta Cockerell. B. C. to Sask. south to southern Calif., Nev., Utah., 

 Colo., and Tex. Oligolectic on Compositae. (Eumelissodes) 



*minuscula LaBerge. Calif. Taken on flowers of Cressa and Heliotropum. 

 (Callimelissoiles) 

 Melissodes (Callimelissoiles) minuscula LaBerge, 1961. Kans. Univ. Sci. 

 Bui. 42: 323. ?, $. 



niizeae Cockerell. Syn. of menuacha Cresson, 



*monoensis LaBerge. Calif. (Mono Co.). On flowers of Chrysothamnus. 

 (Eumelissodes) 

 Melissodes (Eumelissodes) monoensis LaBerge, 1961. Kans. Univ. Sci. 

 Bui. 42: 623. 9, $. 



montana Cresson. Colo, and Utah, south through Tex., N. Mex,, and Ariz, to 

 south. Mexico (Oaxaca), Oligolectic on Compositae, (Eumelis- 

 sodes) 



^Melissodes hirsuta Smith, 1879. Descr. n. spp. Hym. Brit. Mus., p. 116. 

 $. (Syn. by LaBerge, 1961, loc. cit. supra, p. 469.) 



*Eucera oajacana Dalla Torre, 1896. Cat. Hym. v. 10, p. 242, N, name 

 for hirsuta Smith, a secondary homonym in Eucera. 



*Melissodes atrifera Cockerell, 1910. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist (8) 5: 

 256. $. (Syn. by LaBerge, 1961, ?oc, cii. sitpra, p. 469). 



Melissodes atrifera sandiarum Cockerell (syn, by LaBerge, 1961, loc. cit. 

 supra, p. 469). 



moorei Cockerell. Calif. Probably oligolectic on Compositae, principally 

 Grindelia and Hemizonia. (Eumelissodes) 



*nigracauda LaBerge. Calif. On flowers of Erigeron, Senecio, and Stephan- 

 omeria. (Callimelissodes) 



