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Melilotus, but visits a wide variety of flowers, some of which may also serve as pollen 

 sources including Antirrhinuvi coulterianum, Artemisia, Aster, Astragalus bolanderi, 

 Brodiaea laxa, Calycadenia viultiglandulosa, Calyptridium uvibellatiou, Cea)wtlius, 

 Cliaenactis glabriuscula, Chamaebatia foliolosa, Cirsiuvi vnlgare, Clarkia amoena, C. 

 cylindrica, C. speciosa speciosa, C. unguiculata, Croton califoniicus, Cryptantha 

 interviedia, C. muricata, eriastrum piurifolium, Eriodictyon calif ornic ran, Eriogonum 

 fasciculatum, E.f. polifolium, Grindelia, Hemizonia lobbii, Horkelia bolanderi, H. b. 

 var. clevelandii, H. b. var. parryi, Lotus argophyllus, L. davidsonii, L. hamatus, L. 

 humistratus, L. nevadensis, L. nuttallianus, L. purshianus, L. scoparius, L. strigosus 

 var. kirtelius, Lupinus bicolor, L. nanus, Melilotus alba, Oenothera, Penstemon, 

 Phacelia raniosissima. 



Anthidium utahense Swenk, 1914. Nebr. Univ., Studies 14: 23. i, 9. 



Anthidium sagittipictum Swenk, 1914. Nebr. Univ., Studies 14: 20. 9. 



Anthidiian divisum Cockerell, 1925. Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc. (4) 14: 350. 9. 



Anthidium divisum nanulum Cockerell, 1925. Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc. (4) 14: 350. 9. 



Anthidium divisum omatifrons Cockerell, 1925. Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc. (4) 14: 350. 9. 



Anthidium brachyunim Cockerell, 1925. Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc. (4) 14: 357. 3. 



Taxonomy: Schwarz, 1930. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 38: 10 {divisum). — Grigarick and Stange, 

 1968. Calif. Ins. Surv., Bui. 9: 33-35, figs. 31-33, 88, 96, map 23 (synonymy). 



Biology: Jaycox, 1966. Pan-Pacific Ent. 42: 18-20 (nest, parasite). — Jaycox, 1967. Kans. Ent. 

 Soc, Jour. 40: 569 (interspecific relationships). 



Genus CALLANTHIDIUM Cockerell 



Callanthidium Cockerell, 1925. Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc. (4) 14: 365. 

 Type-species: Anthidium illustre Cresson. Orig. desig. 

 formosum (Cresson). Mont., Colo., Nev., Oreg., Calif., Ariz. (Oak Creek Canyon). Pollen: 



Unknown, but visits flowers oi Astragalus, Castilleia, Clarkia cylindrica, Lotus 



argophyllus, Monardella linoides, Medicago sativa, Phacelia. 

 Anthidium formosum Cresson, 1878. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 7: 112. 6. 

 Anthidium conspicuum Cresson, 1879. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 7: 207. 9. 

 Anthidium illustre var. consonum Cresson, 1879. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 7: 207. 9. 

 Dianthidium balli Titus, 1902. Ent. News 13: 170. 9. 

 Callanthidium fonnosum pratense Cockerell, 1925. Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc. (4) 14: 366. 6. 



Taxonomy: Cockerell, 1909. Ent. News 20: 262. —Grigarick and Stange, 1968. Calif. Ins. 



Survey, Bui. 9: 36, figs. 101-105, map 25 (geogr. and floral records). 

 illustre (Cresson). Utah, Oreg., Calif., Nev., Ariz., N. Mex.; Mexico (Baja Cahfornia). Ecology: 

 Nests in dead, floral scape of Yucca whipplei and in stump of oak. Parasite: Dioxys 

 aurifuscus (Titus)?, Nemognatha scutellaris LeC, Sphaeropthalma unicolor (Cress.). 

 Pollen: Polylectic, stores pollen oi Lotxis scoparius in southern Calif., visits a wide 

 variety of flowers including Artemisia califomica. Astragalus douglasii, Calochortus, 

 Cirsium, Castilleia plagiotoma, Clarkia, Collinsia, Cordylanthus nevinii, Cryptantha 

 intermedia, Eriodictyon crassifolium, E. trichocalyx, E. t. var. lanatum, Helianthus, 

 Lathyrus odoratus, Lotus argophyllus, L. oblongifolius, L. scoparius, Lupinus albifrons, 

 Malacothamnus arcuatus, Medicago sativa, Penstemon, Phacelia distans, P. 

 grandiflora, P. heterophylla, P. imbricata, P. ramosissima, Turricula parryi. 



Anthidium illustre Cresson, 1879. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 7: 206. 9. 



Anthidium serranum Cockerell, 1904. South. Calif. Acad. Sci., Bui. 3: 24. d. 



Taxonomy: Cockerell, 1909. Ent. News 20: 262. 6. —Schwarz, 1940. Amer. Mus. Novitates 

 1058: 3. -Grigarick and Stange, 1968. Calif. Ins. Survey, Bui. 9: 36-38, figs. 4, 106-110, map 

 26 (geogr. and floral records). 



Biology: Johnson, 1904. Ent. News 15: 284 (nest). —Hicks, 1929. Canad. Ent. 61: 1-8 (nest, 

 parasite). —Parker and Bohart, 1966. Pan-Pacific Ent. 42: 96 (nest). 



Genus DIANTHIDIUM Cockerell 



Anthidium subg. Dianthidium Cockerell, 1900. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 5: 412. 



