10 
Annals of the Transvaal Museum 
Eucosma bisecta n.sp. 
^ ii mm. Head and palpi dark slaty-grey, face blackish. Thorax dark 
fuscous, posterior half suffusedly mixed with ochreous. Abdomen dark grey. 
Posterior tibiae tufted with rough projecting scales beneath. Forewings 
elongate, posteriorly rather dilated, costa gently arched, apex rounded, termen 
somewhat rounded, oblique, sinuate-indented above middle; blackish-fuscous; 
dorsal half from base to beyond middle marked with irregular transverse 
blue-leaden strigae partially irrorated with whitish-ochreous ; basal area 
suffused with greyish- violet above this; two greyish- violet streaks from about 
§ of costa to beyond middle of disc, thence acutely angulated to near dorsum, 
touched with white on costa ; a similar oblique streak from f of costa, angulated 
in middle to tomus, followed on upper half by a fine line of pale ochreous- 
yellowish irroration, its lower portion edged anteriorly with pale ochreous- 
yellowish and followed by an irregular pale ochreous-yellowish patch repre- 
senting ocellus and including two or three blackish dots; two conspicuous 
white direct strigulae on costa at f, terminated beneath by short oblique 
ochreous-yellowish marks, beyond which is a greyish-violet dot : cilia grey, 
round apex with blackish basal and shorter apical lines, whitish-suffused at 
both extremities of apical line, lower forming a whitish spot extending to 
basal line, beneath this with a spot of dark fuscous suffusion. Hindwings 
with 3 and 4 stalked, 6 and 7 stalked; dark grey, towards base with a hyaline 
space beneath cell; cilia light grey, with dark grey subbasal shade. 
Zululand, Eshowe, in January (Janse); one specimen. 
Eucosma desipiens n.sp. 
cJ 11 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-whitish. Palpi densely rough- 
scaled, white, with oblique light grey median band. Forewings elongate, 
rather narrow, costa gently arched, with moderate fold from base to f , apex 
obtuse-pointed, termen faintly sinuate, oblique; light grey with tips of scales 
white; costa from beyond fold marked with dark fuscous strigulae, and three 
small dark fuscous spots; small scattered undefined spots of fuscous suffusion 
towards dorsum and in disc posteriorly, and an indistinct streak of fuscous 
suffusion from beyond middle of costa to tornus, angularly projecting in 
middle, with a line of blackish scales in disc running into angle; apical area of 
wing dark grey; ocellus margined laterally with thick silvery-whitish streaks, 
and containing three short black linear marks : cilia whitish-grey sprinkled 
with white and fuscous, at apex with a fuscous bar. Hindwings with 3 and 4 
stalked; pale grey; cilia grey- whitish. 
Transvaal, Alberts-mine, in January (Janse); one specimen. 
Eucosma glyphicodes n.sp. 
$ 20 mm. Head light brownish, face suffused with dark fuscous. Palpi 
dark fuscous, towards base white. Thorax blackish, patagia mixed with 
ochreous-brown and whitish. Abdomen fuscous. Forewings elongate, costa 
anteriorly gently arched, posteriorly nearly straight, apex obtuse, termen 
nearly straight, somewhat oblique; white, partially suffused with whitish- 
ochreouS; basal portion mixed with pale leaden-grey and irregularly marked 
with black, its margin irregularly black, rather oblique, enclosing a clear white 
spot on dorsum; between this and central fascia are two or three interrupted 
irregular transverse pale leaden-grey streaks, and two black dots on costa; 
central fascia little oblique, formed of irregular pale leaden-grey and black 
markings somewhat mixed with light reddish-ochreous, especially a black spot, 
on middle of costa and an irregular longitudinal black mark projecting pos- 
