LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
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Genus 65. MADOCE. 
Sect. 1. 
Fcem. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi 
porrecti, longiusculi; articulus 3ns linearis, gracilis, 2i dimidio bre- 
vior. Antennae graciles; articulus lus robustus. Pedes graciles; 
tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor longissimis. Alae 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 leucocosmalis. 
Fcem. Rufescente-cervina ; abdomen flavescens ; pedes albidi ; 
alee anticce lineis tribus albis , la 2aque undulatis , 3 a valde 
angulata , litura discali nigricante diffusa, linen marginali 
nigra , margine interiore litura basali alba fasciculoque nigro ; 
posticce 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 
compressi, oblique ascendentes, verticem non superantes ; articulus 
2us pubescens, latiusculus; 3us lanceolatus, gracilis. Antennae 
graciles. Abdomen alas posiicas vix superans. Pedes laeves, 
