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MICROLEPIDOPTERA FROM LAGUNA 

 BEACH, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 



AUGUST BUSCK 



I am under obligation to Prof. C. F. Baker for some Microlepidop- 

 tera, which flew into his tent last summer at Laguna Beach, Southern 

 California. 



The collection has been deposited in U. S. National Museum and 

 contained the following species : 



Platyptilia marmarodactyla Dyar 

 U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 52, No. 4938, 1903. 



Bactra lanceolana, Hiibner 

 U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 52, No. 5006, 1903. 



Eucosma ridingsana Robinson 

 U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 52, No. 5083, 1903. 



Eucosma pulveratana Walsingham 

 U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 52, No. 5122, 1903. 



Phthorimaea operculella Zcller 

 U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 52, No. 5616, 1903. 



Gnorimoschema henshawiella Busck 

 Proc, U. S. Nat. Mus. XXV, p. 831, 1903. 



Gnorimoschema laguna n. s. 



Labial palpi light ochreous; extreme base and a small dot on 

 terminal joint just below apex brown. Face light ochreous. Head 

 and thorax light reddish ochreous; pata gina deer-brown. Fore- 

 wings deer-brown with a large basal dorsal area light reddish 

 ochreous; this area extends from base to apical third along dorsum 

 and is produced up beyond the fold in a large triangular spur to 

 the middle of the cell and in a smaller wave at basal third. Cilia 

 ochreous, dusted with brown. Hindwings light silvery fuscous ; cilia 

 light ochreous. Abdomen ochreous, lighter underneath, with velvety 

 deep ochreous spots on upper side of basal joints. Legs brown with 

 the joints ochreous. 



Alar expanse, 19 mm. 



Habitat Laguna Beach, Southern California; C. F. Baker, coll. 



U. S. Nat. Mus. Type, No. 14335. 



