Including totals for specific element fails

[aperiodicchain]

Hi,
I am trying to get totals for specific segments in multi-segment queries. This did not work in python-omniture (latest version) so I broke down my query into the most simple form to troubleshoot:

report = suite.report \
        .element('evar1', selected=['::total::','Europe','Asia']) \
        .metric('visits') \
        .run()

I am getting visits for Europe and Asia but instead of the total visits I get ::unspecified:: with 0 visits returned. Please note that the same query on Adobe API works just fine, i.e. I am getting a total-visits value:

"metrics": [
  {
	"id": "visits"
  }
],
"elements": [
  {
	"id": "evar1",
	"startingWith": 1,
	"selected": [
	  "::total::",
	  "Europe",
	  "Asia"
	]
  }
]

Can you please help me clarify what I am missing here?
Thanks!