Laguna Marine Laboratorp 167 
MICROLEPIDOPTERA FROM LAGUNA 
BEACH, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 
AUGUST BUSCK 
Tam 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. 8. National Museum and 
contained the following species: 
Platyptilia marmarodactyla Dyar 
U.S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 52, No. 4938, 1903. 
Bactra lanceolana, Hubner 
U.S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 52, No. 5006, 1903. 
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Eucosma ridingsana Robinson 
S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 52, No. 5083, 1903. 
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Eucosma pulveratana Walsingham 
U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 52, No. 5122, 1903. 
Phthorimaea operculella Zeller 
U.S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 52, No. 5616, 1903. 
Gnorimoschema henshawiella Busck 
Proc. U. 8. 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. Hindwingss 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. 
