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BOMBOTELIA; CHLUMETIA. By M. Gaede. 
CUIlldlxtsis. 
aiibnilx’iis. 
oriihiirif!. 
polychorda. 
}u(jr\cun.'f. 
cth iopicd. 
I ichexoaa. 
H. Antennae of J serrate and tufted. Distal margin of forewing angled at vein 3. cut out below it. 
Eu. cautabasis Hmps. (16f). Thorax rusty red, abdomen paler. Fore^nng with a large dark rusty 
red spot at the base, soine\A‘hat lighter at the costal margin. This spot is broadly edged with dark red-brown. 
The rest of the wing greenish grey. The ring-macula is a white dot. Median line brown, straight, incurved 
to the costal and inner margins. Exterior line composed of black dots. Submarginal line proceeding from a 
flat red-brown spot at the costal margin, very indistinct, edged somewhat lighter. Blackish at the anal angle. 
Hindwing dark red-brown, from the anal angle the beginnings of 2 white lines. 3d mm. Cameroons. 
Eu. subrubens Mab. ^ rufida Holl.) (Ibf). Body from jiale reddish brown to fiery red. Forewing 
just as variable. Interior line very indistinct, somewhat outwards below the costal margin. Median line more 
distinct, straight, double. Two black dots at the cross-vein. Exterior line double, straight behind the cell, 
inwards above vein 6 and between 4 and 2, towards the inner margin indistinct, straight. The centre of the 
marginal area brick-red. Grey at the a})ex. Hindwing darker red-brown, lighter at the base. 26—30 mm. 
West and South Africa, Madagascar. — oculatris Saahn. (16h, i} is a much smaller form (distinct species?) 
flying also in Madagascar beside tyjucal subrubens, with a rounder tornus of the forewing, a scarcely lighter 
]U’oximal ]>art of the hindA^ing, and differently marked foreAvings. 
7. Antennae of q ciliated. Distal margin of forewing undulate. 
Eu. polychorda Hmps. (16 f). Similar to subrubens on the whole. Interior lines of forewing just as in- 
di.stinct. Median line slightly curAmd. Also 2 black dots at the cross-vein, and a similar exterior line behind 
them. Submarginal line blackish, edged Avith red-broAvn inside. HindAving pale red-broAA'n, lighter at the base. 
There are no fewer than 9 subordinate forms : 1. Interior and exterior areas of foreAving dark Auolettish broAAUi. 
- 2. Median area Adolettish broAvn, the rest greyish broAvn. — 3. The Avhole Aving greyish brown Avitli blackish 
veins. — 4. ForcAving broAvnish ochreous. — 5. ForeAving pale reddish. — 6. The same, the transverse lines dark 
broAvn. — 7. ForeAving Adolettish red. — 8. The same, but the lines dark broAvn. — 9. The same, but the mar¬ 
ginal area darker. 24—32 mm. Soutli and East Africa. 
Eu. nigricans Holl. Nothing is stated by the author about the position of this species. Thorax and 
foreAving reddish black on -3 of their length, Avhere it is obliquely cut off parallel to the margin. A V-shaped 
flesh-coloxired spot at the cell-end. A similar spot at the centre of the inner margin. Distal margin someAvhat 
lighter, someAvhat darker only at vein 4. Hindwing as dark as foreAxdng. 28 mm. Congo. 
Eu. aureopicta Kenrick Avas placed to the Noctuines by Hampson, Eu. ochreoplagata Kenrick neither 
makes the impression of an EuteUa-species. 
3. Genus: Bombotelia //wps. 
This genus containing about a dozen of species very similar to Eutelia, Avith a mostly Avhitish or at 
least very light basal part of the liindAving, is ])artly Indian except one South African species, and partly Papuan 
(from Neu Guinea). Proboscis normal, ]jalpi long porrect. Antennae of (J typically pectinated in the basal 
halves. Tegulae highly erected, the middle segments of the abdomen Avith small tufts. Neuraticn as in Eutelia. 
Type: joco.safrix Gn. from India. 
B. ethiopica Hmps. Antennae of E ciliated in the apical thirds. Body red-brown, abdomen fiery red 
at the base. ForeAving of a bright red-broAvn with a violettish grey hue on it. Interior line from a black spot 
at the costal margin, double, obliquely iuAA'ards, chocolate brown; on the exterior branch a black spot in the 
cell. Reniform macula sap-green, edged Avith black, narroAV. Median line ol)liqxie, light red-broAA'n, proceeding 
from the cell. Exterior line double, blackish, edged Avith red-broAvn as far as vein 6, then indistinct, concaxm 
behind the cell, someAvhat extra-angular at vein 1. A red-brown spot at the costal margin before the submarginal 
line Avhich is Avhite, edged AA'ith black outside near the costal margin, beloAv it continued by sap-green. Hind- 
AAung greyish Avhite, violettish brown at the margin. 24 mm. Natal. 
4, Genus: Clliliimetia MHr. 
More than half a dozen of rather equally sized species form this genus one half of Avhich are Indo-Papuan, 
the other half Ethiopian. They are rather similar to the Marathyssa, but some have yet the Avhitish proximal 
part of the hindAA'ing Avhich is conspicuous in so many Eutelia. — Proboscis feeble, palpi long porrect. An¬ 
tennae of E typically AA'ith short pectinations on one side, ciliated at the tips. Thorax txiftless, abdomen AA'ith 
short central tufts, anal end broad. ForeAving Avith a normal neuration, vein 5 of hindAA'ing near 4 and 3. Type: 
transversa Wkr. from India. The antennae of the African species are ciliated, almost plain. 
Ch. lichenosa Hmps. (16f). Thorax light olive brown, abdomen greyish broAA'n. ForeAA'ing darker olive 
broAvn, lighter only in the median area. Interior line threefold, extra-angular in the middle, black. Ring- 
macula and reniform macula as a light sjxot. Exterior line indistinct, fourfold. From the innermost branch 
