118 CATALOGUE OF 



graciles; tibiae postica? calcaribus quatuor longis. Alas latiusculas, 

 margine exteriore subinciso ; antica? acuta?, margine exteriorefasci- 

 culato extus subexcavato. 



Female. Body hardly stout. Frontal tuft prominent. Pro- 

 boscis distinct. Palpi compressed, obliquely ascending, not rising 

 higher than the vertex; second joint pubescent, rather broad ; third 

 lanceolate, much more slender than the second, and less than half 

 its length. Antenna? slender. Abdomen hardly extending beyond 

 the hind wings. Legs smooth, slender; hind tibia? with four long 

 spurs. Wings rather broad, not long; exterior border with very 

 slight excavations. Fore wings acute ; interior border with a 

 penicillate tuft, beyond which it is slightly excavated. 



2. Madoce lineatula. 



Foem. Pallide cervina, subtus cinerea ; alee anticce lineis tribus 

 denticulatis albidis, gutta discali pallide flavescente, lunuiis 

 marginalibus nigricantibus ; postica cinerece. 



Female. Pale fawn-colour, mostly cinereous beneath. Fore 

 wings a little darker along the exterior border ; three whitish denti- 

 culated lines; discal dot pale yellowish ; marginal lunules blackish ; 

 tuft on the interior border tipped with black. Hind wings cine- 

 reous. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 10 lines. 



Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Genus 66. ZIZA. 



Mas. Corpus gracillimum. Proboscis brevis, gracilis. Palpi 

 squamoso-hirsuti, oblique ascendentes, verticem non superantes ; 

 articulus 3us lanceolatus, gracilis, 2i dimidio non longior. Antenna? 

 glabra?, graciles ; articulus lus robustus, squamoso-hirsutus. Ab- 

 domen cylindricum, alas posticas longe superans. Pedes longi, 

 graciles ; tibia? antica? dilatata? ; tarsi antici articulis subclavatis. 

 Ala? antica? elongata?, vix acuta?, margine interiore fasciculato. 



Male. Body very slender. Proboscis short, slender. Palpi 

 squamous-hirsute, obliquely ascending, not rising higher than the 

 vertex; third joint lanceolate, much more slender than the second 

 and hardly half its length. Antenna? smooth, slender; first joint 

 stout, squamous-hirsute. Abdomen long, cylindrical, extending 

 much beyond the hind wings; apical tuft quadrate, very small. 

 Legs long, smooth, slender; fore tibia? dilated, squamous-pilose ; 



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