Totals of the Teansvaal Museum, 
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Bactea pythonia, n. sp. (Plate III, fig. 7). 
Female 13-15 mm. Head ochreous- whitish. Palpi 2j, densely 
haired, ochreous-wliitish, partially tinged with grey. Thorax 
ochreous- whitish, with some dark fuscous strigulae. Abdomen light- 
grey. Forewings elongate, somewhat dilated posteriorly, costa gently 
arched, apex obtuse, termen straight, oblique ; light greyish-ochreous, 
costa and dorsum strigulated with blackish and whitish irroration, 
outer edge sometimes tolerably defined, angulated in middle ; space 
between basal patch and central fascia more or less suffused with 
whitish and strigulated with dark grey ; central fascia darker, very 
undefined, oblique, narrow, posterior edge with acute prominences 
above and below middle, sprinkled with dark grey or blackish in 
disk; a large rounded patch of white suffusion following this in disk; 
some short black lines on veins towards termen, two in ocellus 
especially distinct, followed by a transverse leaden mark ; more or 
less grey irroration towards termen ; cilia greyish-ochreous irrorated 
with white and some blackish points. Hindwings grey; cilia whitish- 
grey, with darker sub-basal shade. 
Pretoria, in December and January; two specimens. 
jP OLYCHEO SIS SPISSANA Z. 
Pretoria District, in January. 
Polycheosis peimaeia, n. sp. (Plate III, fig. 8). 
Female, 14 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen grey. 
Forewings elongate, posteriorly slightly dilated, costa gently arched, 
apex obtuse, termen straight, somewhat oblique ; fuscous ; costa with 
about ten pairs of short whitish strigulae, separated by darker spots; 
basal patch mixed with dark fuscous, outer edge ill-defined, angulated 
in middle, indented near dorsum ; central fascia narrow, oblique, dark 
fuscous, anteriorly suffused, posterior edge well defined, very 
irregular; several obscure oblique leaden strigae from posterior half 
of costa ; ocellus margined by two thick leaden-metallic marks, 
containing three large black dots touching posterior margin ; cilia 
leaden-fuscous. Hindwings fuscous, darker posteriorly; cilia light 
fuscous, with dark fuscous sub-basal line. 
Tweefontein, Pretoria District, in January; one specimen. 
Aegyeoploce wahlbeegiana Z. 
Pretoria, in January. I do not maintain Eccopsis Z. as a distinct 
genus. 
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Aegyeoploce beevibasana Wals. 
Pretoria, in November; three specimens showing some variability. 
Laspeyeesia halmyeis, n. sp. (Plate III, fig. 9). 
Male, 12 mm. Head and thorax light fuscous irrorated with 
whitish. Palpi fuscous-whitish. Abdomen grey. Forewings 
elongate, posteriorly somewhat dilated, costa slightly arched, apex 
obtuse, termen slightly sinuate, little oblique ; fuscous, in disk and 
towards dorsum suffusedly striated with white, posteriorly irrorated 
with white ; costa dark fuscous, marked with ten pairs of white 
strigulae, third to eighth pairs emitting oblique blue-leaden strigae, 
third, fifth, and seventh interspaces prolonged into oblique dark 
