New Californian Microlepidoptera 



AUGUST BUSCK 

 U. S. BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY, WASHINGTON, D. C. 



The si^ecies of Microlepidoptera, described in tlie following, 

 were received for determination from Mr. W. S. Wright, San 

 Diego, California, together with some fifty other species, which 

 I have recognized as already described. 



If a few more equally valuable collections could be obtained 

 from California this coming season, the writer would be pleased 

 to fulfil his promise to Dr. C. F. Baker, to give a comprehen- 

 sive paper on the known California Microlepidoptera for this 

 Journal. I shall be glad to hear from other collectors of these 

 insects in California. 



Coleophora quadristrigella new species 



Labial palpi long, porrected, smooth; second joint hardly 

 thickened ; white, shaded with light brown externally. Antennae 

 white, somewhat thickened with scales toward the base; basal 

 joint yellow, somewhat enlarged, but without projecting flap of 

 scales. Face, head and thorax light yellow with the cheeks, 

 patagina and posterior tip of thorax white. Forewings with 

 silvery white ground color; from base to apex along the upper 

 edge of the cell and covering vein 7 runs a broad longitudinal 

 streak of light golden yellow, which at basal fourth gives oft' a 

 narrower longitudinal branch of the same color, which ter- 

 minates on the middle of the termen ; below the fold from base 

 to tornus runs a third longitudinal yellow streak; these yellow 

 streaks leave the white ground color exposed only as four longi- 

 tudinal streaks, one along the costal edge, one along the dorsal 

 edge, one on the fold and one from basal third of the cell to 

 close below apex. Cilia whitish fuscous. Hind wings light 

 fuscous with the cilia a shade darker. Abdomen light fuscous 

 with golden lateral edges. Legs whitish hairs on posterior tibiae 

 golden. 



Alar expanse : 18-20 mm. 



