LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 117 



Genus 65. MADOCE. 



Sect. 1. 



Fcem. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi 

 porrecti, longiusculi; articulus 3us linearis, gracilis, 2i dimidio bre- 

 vior. Antennae gracilis; articulus lus robustus. Pedes graciles ; 

 tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor longissimis. Ala3 anticae latius- 

 culae, vix acutae, margine exteriore subflexo, margine interiore 

 fasciculato. 



Female. Body rather stout. Proboscis moderately long. 

 Palpi porrect, a little shorter than the breadth of the head; se- 

 cond joint stout ; third linear, slender, rounded at the tip, less than 

 half the length of the second. Antennae slender; basal joint stout. 

 Legs smooth, slender; hind tibiae with four very long spurs. Wings 

 rather broad. Fore wings hardly acute ; costa straight; exterior 

 border very slightly bent in the middle ; fringe slightly notched be- 

 hind the bend ; interior border with a very prominent squamous 

 tuft. 



1. Madoce leucocosmalts. 



Fcem. Rufescente-cervina ; abdomen flavescens ; pedes albidi ; 

 alee anliccB lineis tribus albis, la 2aque undulatis, 3a valde 

 angulata, litnra discali nigricante diffusa, linea marginali 

 nigra, margine interiore lit ur a busali alba fasciculoque nigro ; 

 postica pallide rufescentes. 



Female. Reddish fawn-colour, pale beneath. Abdomen yel- 

 lowish. Legs whitish. Fore wings with three white lines ; second 

 more undulating than the first; third deeply angular, dilated on 

 the angle, traversing a blackish diffuse discal mark ; marginal line 

 black, slender; interior border with an angular white mark at the 

 base, and with a black tuft. Hind wings pale reddish. Length of 

 the body 3£ lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



a. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



Sect. 2. 



Fcem. Corpus vix robustum. Proboscis conspicua. Palpi 

 comprtssi, oblique ascendentes, verticem non superantes ; articulus 

 2us pubescens, latin scu! us; 3us lanceolatus, gracilis. Antennae 

 graciles. Abdomen alas posiicas vix supeians. Pedes laeves, 



