PuhL 1 . XL 1935 . 
PACIDARA; EUTELIA. By M. Gakdk. 
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STibfamily: Eutelianae. 
The family of Eutelianae comprises about 300 species known to tliis day, which are (listril)nted over 
a large part of the earth, though chiefly its tropical parts; only three si)ecies reach Enro])e, and only about 
half a dozen are palaearctic. About 00 species are known to-day from the Ethiopian Region, distributed over 
the -whole of Tropical Africa, and a great number of individuals may occur yet in Arabia. Two thirds of the 
Ethiopian species belong to the typical genus Eutelia, the only one of the subfamily, which ]jenetrates to 
Europe and which is also very extensively distributed in Africa (cf. Vol. Ill, ]). 287). 
The Eutelianae form a well defined group; the first species exhibits the tegidae transformed into a 
gigantic tuft, though smaller tufts are present in many other species. The eyes are large and hairless. The 
tibiae without spines, their hair very strong in the first few species, less strong in the others. Abdomen very 
often with an anal tuft. Forewing with an areole, vein 5 of hindwing fidly developed, arising near the lower 
cell-angle. Forew-ing more or less stretched. The imagines are mostly somewhat variegated, especially in the 
typical genus Eutelia. Hampson, in 1919, denominated this group Phlogophorinae. — The $ exhibits a plainer 
frennlum consisting of a strong bristle and a finer one. A very strange attitude is shown by the resting imago 
of the genus Eutelia: it mostly rests with its head down on ])oles, trunks, or also on hoardings. The forewings 
do not cover the abdomen which is bent upwards, so that it resembles a s]>linter; tliis resemblance is increased 
by the anal appendages of many SS sticking out like tongs. 
Very little is known of the early stages. The only larvae known of Eut. adulatrix have 8 pairs of feet, 
they are smooth or only provided with single tiny hairs, and live on bushes and low plants. Pipiation between 
leaves or on the soil (Seitz). 
1, Genus: Pacidara Wkr. 
The only species of this genus is the largest Euteliana known. Like many African Noctuae from dif¬ 
ferent families, the only species of this genus also exhibits a distinct vSjihingid shape: pointed forewings, rela¬ 
tively small hindwings with a centrally slightly concave margin, and a long abdomen projecting far beyond 
the anal angle. — Proboscis normal, ]mlpi highly erect. Antennae of ^ shortly pectinated in the basal halves, 
serrate in the $. Tegulae of with a very large tuft which may be highly raised as in CucuUia. or lying more 
hindward; the tuft of the $ is lower. Tibiae of ^ very densely long-haired. Hinfhving of (J with scent-scales 
below at the apex, normal in the $. 
P. venustissima Wkr. {16 a). Body of ^ light chocolate brown. Forewing light pinkish-brown, darker 
at the base as far as behind the interior line which is doul)le, bluish white, extra-angular at the lower cell- 
margin. A triangular white spot behind it at the costal margin. Two black dots at the cross-vein. Below 
them yellowish hyaline spots obliquely inwards. Exterior line from a white spot far outside at the costal 
margin, the line bluish white, extra-angular below the costal margin, very obliquely inwards. A large hyaline 
spot behind it between veins 4 and 6 . Smaller h 3 urline spots above and below it nearer to the margin. Hind¬ 
wing hyaline w'hite, broadly blackish-brown at the margin, yellowish brown at the anal angle. The smaller 
$ shows a much darker marking. 45—55 mm. West, Sonth a]id East Africa. 
2. Genus: Klltelia Hbn. (Phlogophora Tr.) 
In spite of the homogeneousness of the genus, its species had been distributed among a dozen of genera. 
Most of them exhibit almost the same shape as that of the preceding genus, but all of them are smaller. Certain 
African Eutelia show a most peculiar though only superficial resemblance to the structural^- quite different 
species of the Thyridid genus Dysodia (Vol. XIV, pi. 76 e), owing to which mistakes in assigning the species 
have been frequently made. Thus Eu. snelleni (16 b) from West Africa reseml)les the Th^yridid Dysodia zelleri: 
Eu. histrio (16 c) from Natal likens Dysodia intermedia from the same district; the Malagassic E}(. oculatris 
Haalm. resembles Dy.sodia flammata or subsignata from East Africa, etc. — Proboscis normal, palpi highl}- 
erect. Antennae of differently shaped in the various species. Thorax with tufts in front and behind. Fore- 
wing rounded at the apex, margin slightly undulated, veins 3—5 close together, 6 from the upper cell-angle, 
then the usual areole. Veins 3 -j- 4 of the hindwing may be stalked. Type: adulatrix Hbn. from Europe, which, 
however, is also widely distributed in Africa. The numerous species are distributed over all the faunae. 
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