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ON THE MEGACHILE OF SOUTH DAKOTA 1 
By Theodore B. Mitchell. 
The following records are based on a collection of bees of the 
genus Megachile from South Dakota which were received from 
Professor H. C. Severin. 
Megachile latimanus Say. 
14 cT cf, 19? $ • Elmira, Big Stone, Brookings (July- 
Oct.),Milbank, Elk Point, Wentworth, Mobridge, Buffalo, L. Oak- 
woodand and Ft. Pierre. 
Megachile dentitarsis Sladen. 
6 9$: Hot Springs, Rapid City, Newell and Interior (Aug.) 
Megachile perihirta Ckll. 
1 cT , 1 $ : Custer (no date) and Brookings (Aug. 27) . 
Megachile inermis Prov. 
lcf , 1 $ : Brookings (no date) and Harney Peak (July 22). 
Megachile fidelis Cress. 
lcf: Rapid Canyon (Aug. 4). 
Megachile mendica Cress. 
3c? cf, 1 9 : Brookings (June) and Custer (July). 
Megachile generosa Cress. 
I c? : Gettysburg (Aug. 12). 
Megachile brevis Say. 
II c?c\ 10 9 $ : Springfield, Hot Springs, Buffalo, Spear- 
fish, Newell, Phillip, Ft. Pierre, Gettysburg, Capa, Elk Point, 
Brookings, Interior and Custer (June-Sept.). 
Megachile pugnata Say. 
699 : Custer (no date) and Rapid Canyon (Aug. 4). The 
single specimen from Rapid Canyon has a small amount of pale 
appressed pubescence on segment 6, approaching the condition 
Contribution from the Department of Zoology and Entomology, North 
Carolina State College, in cooperation with the Entomological Laboratory of 
the Bussey Institution, Harvard University, (Bussey Institution No. 272). 
Published with the approval of the Director of the North Carolina Experi- 
ment Station as paper number 13 of the Journal Series. 
