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"'subillata LaBerge. Que. to Sask., south to N. C. and 111. Oligolectic on 

 Compositae. (Eutnelissodes) 

 Melissodes (Eutnelissodes) subillata LaBerge, 1961. Kans. Univ. Sci. 

 Bui. 42: 568, figs. 99-101. ?, $. 



submenuacha Cockerell, changed status. Ariz., N. Mex., western Tex. On 

 flowers of Aplopappus, Bidens, Cleome, Helianthus, Hymenothrix, 

 Isocoma, Medicago and Verbesina; probably oligolectic on Compo- 

 sitae. (Eumelissodes) 



Melissodes menuachus menuachus Cresson of Catalog, in part. M. sub- 

 menuacha is a valid sp.. not a syn. {teste LaBerge, 1961, loc. cit. 

 supra, p. 414). 



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

 414). 



tenuitarsis Cockerell. Syn. of confusa Cresson. 



tepida yumensis LaBerge. (Melissodes) 



Biology: Butler, Todd, McGregor and Werner, 1962. Univ. Ariz. Agr. 

 Expt. Sta. Tech. Bui. 139: 1-11. 



thelypodii thelypodii Cockerell. (Melissodes) 



Biology: Butler, Todd, McGregor and Werner, 1962, Univ. Ariz. Agr. 

 Expt. Sta. Tech. Bui. 139: 1-11. 



*tincta LaBerge. Minn, and Mich, south to Tex. and Fla. Oligolectic on 

 Compositae, preferably Aster and Chrysopsis. (Eumelissodes) 

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

 42: 493. 9, $. 



*tribas LaBerge. Calif. (San Diego). (Callimelissodes) 



Melissodes (Callimelissodes) tribas LaBerge, 1961. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 

 42: 326. 2. 



trinodis Robertson. Southeast. Canada, Kans. and N. Dak. east to Maine and 

 Ga. Oligolectic on Compositae, principally Helianthus. (Eumelis- 

 sodes) 



tristis Cockerell. Nebr. to Calif., south through Tex. and Ariz, to southern 

 Mexico (Puebla). Visits flowers of Leguminosae, Compositae and 

 Malvaceae. (Eutnelissodes) 



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

 473). 



Biology: Linsley, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer. Ann. 55: 161, fig. 8. 



luckeri Cockerell. Mont., S. Dak., Nebr., Kans., Tex. On flowers of Aster 

 and Heterotheca. (Callimelissodes) 



'''utahenis LaBerge. Utah and Nev., south to south. Calif, and Ariz., Nebr. 

 On flowers of Chaemataxis, Chrysothamnus and Gutierrezia, 

 (Eumelissodes) 

 Melissodes (Eutnelissodes) utahensis LaBerge, 1961. Kans. Univ. Sci. 

 Bui. 42: 602, figs. 109-110. 9, $. 



*vanduzeei Cockerell. Syn. of lupina Cresson. 



velutina (Cockerell). South, and cent. Calif. Oligolectic on Polemoniaceae, 

 principally Hugelia. (Eumelissodes) 



verbeslnarum Cockerell, changed status. Transf. from Xenoglossodes, p. 



1230. Wash, to southern Calif., east to Nev. and Tex.; Mexico 

 (Chihuahua to Jalisco). Oligolectic on various Compositae. (Eu- 

 melissodes) 



*vernalis LaBerge. Wash, and Nev. to southern Calif, and Ariz.; Mexico 

 (Baja California, Sonora, and Hidalgo). Oligolectic on Composi- 

 tae, preferably Encelia and Geraea. (Eumelissodes) 

 Melissodes (Eutnelissodes) vertialis LaBerge, 1961. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 

 42: 608, figs. 113-114. ?, $. 



vemoniae Robertson. Ind., Minn., and Idaho, south to N. Mex. and Tex. 

 Oligolectic on Vernonia, and perhaps other Compositae. (Eumelis- 

 sodes) 



