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"^pilleata LaBerge. N. C. On flowers of Aster, Chrysopsis, Gerardia, and 

 Kuhnistera. (Eumelissodes) 

 Melissodes (Eumelissodes) pilleata LaBerge, 1961. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 

 42: 459. 9, $. 



*plumosa LaBerge. Wash, to Calif., N. Dak. (?). Visits flowers of Encelia 

 and Helianthus. (Callinielissodes) 

 Melissodes (Callimelissodes) plumosa LaBerge, 1961. Kans. Univ. Sci. 

 Bui. 42: 308, figs. 42-45. ?, 5- 



praelauta Cockerell. Syn. of pallidisignata Cockerell. 



*pullatella LaBerge. Oreg. On flowers of Grindelia. (Eumelissodes) 



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

 Bui. 42: 620. ?. 



*relucens LaBerge. Tex. (El Paso and Big Bend Natl. Pk.). Taken on 

 flowers of Isocoma. (Eumelissodes) 

 Melissodes (Eumelissodes) relucens LaBerge, 1961. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 

 42: 437. ?, $. 



robustior Cockerell. Wash., Oreg., Idaho, Nev., Calif. Oligolectic on Compo- 

 sitae, preferably Helianthus. (Eumelissodes) 

 Biology: MacSwain, 1958. Pan-Pacific Ent. 34: 40. — Chemsak and 

 Thorp, 1962. Pan-Pacific Ent. 38: 53-55. 



rustica (Say). N. S. to Sask., south to Ga., La., N. Mex. and southern Mexico 

 (Oaxaca) , but not known in Tex. and Okla. Oligolectic on Composi- 

 tae. Remove denticulata Smith, a valid sp., and its synonym sen- 

 ilis Smith, from synonymy. (Eumelissodes) 



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



114. 9. (Syn. by LaBerge, 1961, ioc. cif. swpra, p. 543.) 

 *Melissodes ambigua Smith, 1879. Descr. n. spp. Hym. Brit. Mus., p. 

 116. ?. (Syn. by LaBerge, 1961, Zoc. ctt. SMpra, p. 543.) 



Melissodes festinata Provancher (syn. by LaBerge, 1961, loc. cit. supra, 

 p. 543). 



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

 543). 



saponellus Cockerell. Wash., Oreg., Utah, Colo. On flowers of Bahia, Chaen- 

 actis, Sphaeralcea and Alsike clover. (Eumelissodes) 



semiagilis Cockerell. Syn. of coreopsis Robertson; transfer perlusa, a valid 

 sp., from synonymy. 



semilupina Cockerell, changed status. B. C. south to Calif., east to Colo, and 

 N. Mex. Oligolectic on flowers of Chrysothamnus. (Eumelis- 

 sodes) 

 Melissodes menuachus sem.ilupina Cockerell. Raised to sp. rank {teste 



LaBerge, 1961, loc. cit. supra, p. 425) . 

 Melissodes chrysothamni Cockerell (syn. by LaBerge, 1961, loc. cit. 

 supra, p. 425). 



sem^itristis Cockerell. Syn. of tristis Cockerell. 



snowii Cresson. Alta., Man., Colo., N. Mex., Nebr., N. Dak. Probably oligo- 

 lectic on Compositae, principally Helianthus. (Eumelissodes) 



stearnsi Cockerell. Wash., Oreg., Calif. Visiting many flowers. (Callimelis- 

 sodes) 



subagilis Cockerell. Minn., Alta. and Wash, south to northern Calif., Ariz. 



and Tex. Oligolectic on Grindelia. (Eumelissodes) 

 Melissodes agilis Cresson of Catalog, in part. M. subagilis is a valid sp. 



not a syn. (teste LaBerge, 1961, loc. cit. supra, p. 579). 

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



579). 

 Xenoglossodes excurrens melanaspis (Cockerell) (syn. by LaBerge, 1961, 



loc. cit. supra, p. 579). 

 Xenoglossodes albertensis Cockerell (syn. by LaBerge, 1961, loc. cit. 



supra, p. 579). 



