Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 
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Eucosma scenica, n. sp. 
Male, 15 mm. Head ochreous, crown suffused with fuscous. Palpi 
light ochreous, second joint anteriorly suffused with fuscous. Antennae 
simple. Thorax red-brown, mixed with blackish. Abdomen dark grey, 
anal tuft pale ochreous mixed with brownish. Fore wings elongate, costa 
gently arched, without fold, apex obtuse, termen straight, rather oblique ; 
reddish-brown ; basal patch formed by suffused blackish striation and 
somewhat marked with dark bluish-leaden, edge irregular, obtusely 
angulated below middle ; space between this and central fascia partially 
suffused with white, Especially towards dorsum, with some scattered 
blackish strigulae, on costa with two pairs of whitish strigulae, along its 
posterior edge with an irregular blue-leaden stria thickened in disk ; central 
fascia blackish-fuscous, moderately broad, narrow towards costa, posterior 
edge rounded-prominent above and below middle, marked with a blue- 
leaden spot in middle and another toward dorsum ; posterior half of costa 
blackish, marked with four pairs of whitish strigulae, whence proceed 
short oblique blue-leaden marks, space round these fulvous-brown ; ocellus 
formed by two approximated thick rosy-silvery streaks, between which is 
a rather curved series of four black dots, above this is a patch of rosy- 
whitish and blue-leaden suffusion, followed by a blackish patch extending 
to apex, containing a blue-leaden mark near termen beneath apex, followed 
by two white terminal dots ; cilia grey sprinkled with white points, with 
a dark fuscous sub-basal shade, on tornus suffused with whitish. Hind 
wings with three and four stalked ; dark grey ; cilia pale grey, with darker 
sub-basal shade. 
Haenertsburg, in December (Swierstra) ; one specimen. 
Bactra scrupulosa, n. sp. 
Male and female, 13-14 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax pale whitish- 
ochreous tinged with grey, palpi hardly over two. Antennal ciliations in 
male one. Abdomen light grey. Fore wings elongate, costa gently arched, 
apex obtuse, termen straight, oblique; greyish-ochreous or whitish- ochreous, 
with some strigulae of black irroration on margins ; costa with oblique 
silvery-whitish strigulae, posteriorly paired, whence arise more or less 
marked irregular whitish striae crossing wing, variable in development ; 
basal patch indicated by a triangular spot of blackish suffusion representing 
angle in disk, and some slight irroration elsewhere ; central fascia repre- 
sented by an oblique patch of blackish suffusion in disk ; two transverse 
blue-leaden marks and some scattered fine black strigulae towards termen ; 
cilia pale grey or whitish, with two little-marked fine dark lines. Hind 
wings grey ; cilia whitish, with two grey lines. 
Woodbush Village (Swierstra) ; Albert Mine, Pretoria District (Janse); 
in December and January ; three specimens. 
Bactra hebetata , n. sp. 
Male, 12-13 mm. Head ochreous- whitish. Palpi two, whitish, suffused 
with grey on basal half and beneath, terminal joint with blackish sub-apical 
ring. Antennal ciliations, one. Thorax ochreous-whitish, mixed with grey 
and sprinkled with black. Abdomen grey. Fore wings elongate, costa 
