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paucipuncta LaBerge. Ariz. Pollen: Possibly oligolectic on Opuntia, a male has been taken at 

 flowers of Bebbia. 

 Melissodes (Eumelissodes) paucipuncta LaBerge, 1961. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 42: 650. 9, d. 



paulula LaBerge. Wash, to southern Calif. Pollen: Oligolege of Compositae, especially 



Haplopappus, Gutierrezia, and Solidago, visits flowers of Baccharis emoryi, Croton 

 califomicus, Ericameria palmeri, Erigeron canadensis, Eriogonum fasciculatum, E. 

 gracile, Gutierrezia califomica, G. sarothrae, Haplopappus acradenius, H. arborescens, 

 H. vemonioides, Pluchea camphorata, Salsola kali, Senecio douglasii, Solidago 

 califomica, S. elongata, S. occidentalis. 

 Melissodes (Eumelissodes) paulula LaBerge, 1961. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 42: 631. 9, tJ. 



perlusa Cockerell. Alta. and Man., south to Iowa and Ariz. Pollen: Possibly an oligolege of 

 Helianthus including H. annuus, H. petiolaris, but also visits flowers of Bigelovia, 

 Brauneria pallida, Grindelia, Medicago saliva, Mentha canadensis, Petalostemon 

 oligophyllum, Ratibida columnaris. 

 Melissodes semiagilis perlusa Cockerell, 1925. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 16: 231. 6. 



Taxonomy: Cockerell, 1914. Canad. Ent. 46: 413. 9. 



perpolita LaBerge. Ariz., N. Mex., Colo., (?)Utah. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Aster, 

 Chaemataxis, Grindelia, Haplopappus spinulosus. 

 Melissodes (Eumelissodes) perpolita LaBerge, 1961. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 42: 443. 9,6. 

 personatella Cockerell. Central and southern Calif.; Guatemala (Jicaro). Pollen: Unknown, but 

 visits flowers of Eriogonum gracile, E. subscaposum, Gutierrezia califomica, G. 

 sarothrae, Hagardia squamosa, Haplopappus palmeri, H. vemoyiioides, Hemizonia 

 panictdata, Heterotheca grandiflora, Palafoxia linearis. 

 Melissodes personatella Cockerell, 1901. Canad. Ent. 33: 297. S. 

 pcxa LaBerge. Ariz.; Mexico (Coahuila, Chihuahua). Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of 

 Lepidium alyssoides. 

 Melissodes (Eumelissodes) pexa LaBerge, 1961. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 42: 621. 9,6. 

 pilleata LaBerge. N. C. Pollen: Possibly an oligolege of Compositae, visits flowers of Aster, 

 Chrysopsis, Gerardia flavia, Haplopappus, Kuhyiistera pinnata, Liatris. 

 Melissodes (Eumelissodes) pilleata LaBerge, 1961. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 42: 459. 9,6. 

 pullatella LaBerge. Oreg. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Grindelia. 



Melissodes (Eumelissodes) piillatella LaBerge, 1961. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 42: 620. 9. 

 relucens LaBerge. N. Mex. (Mesilla Park), Tex. (El Paso and Big Bend Natl. Pk.). Pollen: 

 Unknown, but visits flowers of Chrysopsis hirsutissima, Haplopappus heterophylla. 

 Melissodes (Eumelissodes) relucens LaBerge, 1961. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 42: 437. 9,6. 

 robustior Cockerell. Wash., Oreg., Idaho, Nev., Calif. Parasite: Nemognatha hurdi MacSwain, 

 Sphaeropthalma unicolor (Cress.). Pollen: Oligolege of Compositae, especially 

 Helianthus including H. annuus, H. bolanderi, H. gracilentus, H. lenticularis, H. 

 petiolaris, but also visits flowers of Asclepias, Aster, Brassica adpressa, B. geniculata, 

 B. incana, Chaenactis artemisifoliae, C. glabriuscula, Chrysothamnus, Cichorium, 

 Cirsium lanceolatum. Coreopsis grandiflora, C. lanceolata, C. tinctoria, Corethrogyne 

 bemardina, Cosmos, Encelia califomica, E . farinosa, Gaillardia, Godetia bottae, 

 Grindelia camporum, G. elata, Gutierrezia califomica, G. sarothrae, Haplopappus 

 vemonioides, Hemizonia paniculata, H. pungeyis, H. wrightii, Heterotheca grandiflora, 

 Latuca serriola, Lythrum califomicum, Marrubium vulgare, Scabiosa atropurpurea, 

 Senecio douglasii, Solidago califomica, S. confinis, Stephanomeria exigua. 

 Melissodes robustior Cockerell, 1915. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 16: 482. 9,6. 



Biology: MacSwain, 1958. Pan-Pacific Ent. 34: 40. — Chemsak and Thorp, 1962. Pan-Pacific 

 Ent. 38: 53-55 (nest). 

 rustica (Say). N. S. to Sask., south to Ga., La., N. Mex. and southern Mexico (Oaxaca), but not 

 known in Tex. and Okla. Parasite: Triepeolus eldredi CklL, T. pectoralis (Robt.). Pollen: 

 Oligolege of Compositae, especially Solidago, Aster, Griyidelia, Aplopappus, analyzed 

 cell provisions of nests in Wyo. showed that females obtained pollen exclusively from 

 Eriophyllum integrifolium; visits flowers of Abutilon theophrasti, Amphiachyris 

 dracunuloides, Aplopappus gracilis, Asclepias, Aster anomalus, A. commutatus, A. 



