Annals of the Transvaal Museum 91 
Brachmia neurograpta n.sp. 
^ 12-13 mm. Head ochreous-whitish, crown slightly tinged with grey. 
Palpi ochreous-whitish, base grey. Thorax dark violet-grey. Abdomen grey. 
Forewings elongate, rather narrow, posteriorly slightly dilated, costa gently 
arched, apex obtuse, termen rounded, oblique; 7 and 8 stalked; dark violet- 
grey, veins and fold more or less streaked with black; a small obscure light 
brownish 8-shaped spot in end of cell, edged in middle anteriorly and some- 
times also posteriorly by a minute white dot; some small black marginal dots 
round apex and termen, round apex separate by minute whitish dots. Hind- 
wings and cilia grey. 
Rhodesia, Umtali, in January (Janse) ; two specimens. At first sight very 
like ochrostoma, but apart from difference in stigmata the termen of forewings 
in ochrostoma is much more oblique. 
Brachmia legalis n.sp. 
(J 13 mm. Head and thorax dark fuscous. Palpi dark fuscous, terminal 
joint interiorly and anteriorly whitish mixed with dark fuscous. Abdomen 
pale greyish. Forewings elongate, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen 
obliquely rounded; 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to apex; rather dark purplish-fuscous; 
stigmata cloudy, blackish, plical rather obliquely before first discal : cilia grey, 
sprinkled with dark fuscous towards base. Hindwings grey-whitish; cilia pale 
grey, base whitish. 
Portuguese East Africa, Rikatla, in December (Junod); one specimen. 
Type in Coll. Janse. 
Brachmia nephelopis n.sp. 
S 13 mm. Head ochreous-whitish. Palpi whitish, second joint infuscated 
except towards apex. Thorax fuscous. Abdomen bronzy, segmental margins 
grey, anal tuft grey-whitish. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex 
obtuse, termen obliquely rounded; 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to apex; fuscous; discal 
stigmata represented by obscure darker cloudy spots : cilia light grey. Hind- 
wings grey; cilia light grey. 
Rhodesia, Umvuma, in December (Janse); one specimen. 
Brachmia crateropis n.sp. 
(J $ 15-16 mm. Head pale ochreous. Palpi ochreous-whitish, second joint 
fuscous except apex. Thorax pale ochreous, anteriorly sprinkled with dark 
fuscous. Abdomen light bronzy, segmental margins greyish. Forewings elon- 
gate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded; 7 and 8 
stalked, 7 to apex; pale ochreous, a band along costa and terminal third 
sprinkled with dark fuscous ; small blackish spots on base of costa and dorsum 
and sometimes a small mark between these; stigmata large, round, blackish, 
plical beneath first discal, a similar spot on dorsum beneath second discal; 
a submarginal row of large irregular blackish dots round posterior part of costa 
and termen: cilia pale ochreous, basal half slightly sprinkled with fuscous. 
Hindwings light grev ; cilia whitish-ochreous tinged with grey. 
Rhodesia, Umtali, in January (Janse); two specimens. Allied to serialis. 
Brachmia derogata n.sp. 
(? 13-14 mm. Head and thorax light ochreous. Palpi light ochreous, second 
joint brownish. Abdomen pale ochreous. Forewings elongate, costa gently 
arched, apex obtuse, termen rounded, little oblique; 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to apex; 
ochreous, slightly tinged with brownish; discal stigmata moderate, blackish. 
