M ETAPHQiNIA. OLULIS. 
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line from costa to median nervure ; antemedial line red-brown, 
faint towards costa and angled outwards below costa, then 
curved ; a dark point at middle of costa ; reniform defined by 
dark brown, rather V -shaped ; postmedial line red-brown, 
rather diffused and interrupted, excurved beyond the cell, 
then incurved, met at vein 6 by an oblique dark shade from 
costa before the subterminal line with two whitish points 
on it at costa ; subterminal line represented by a series of 
minute black lunules defined on inner side by whitish, bent 
outwards to costa ; a series of minute black lunules before 
termen with brownish beyond them. Hind wing pale purplish 
pink, the costal area whitish to beyond middle. Underside of 
fore wing purplish pink, the costa rufous mixed with whitish, 
a dark postmedial striga from costa and series of black points 
before termen to above vein 2 ; hind wing white tinged with 
purplish pink, the inner and terminal areas suffused with 
purplish pink, a pink discoidal spot, curved postmedial line, 
and small black spots before termen to discal fold. 
$. Fore wing with the oblique dark postmedial shade from 
costa almost obsolete and the black marks on the subterminal 
1 ne reduced to points. 
Hab. Solomon Is., Choiseul I, {Meek), 1 1 $ type. 
Exp. 32 millim. 
Gfenus OLULIS. m 
Type. 
Olulis, Walk, xxvii. 126 (1S63) puncticinctalis, Walk. 
Hamaxia, Walk, xxvii. 128 (1863) puncticinctalis, Walk. 
Phachthia, Walk. xxx. p. 979 (1864) puncticinctalis , Walk. 
Olulis megalopis, n. sp. 
<$. Head and thorax rufous mixed with some whitish ; 
abdomen purplish red with some whitish at base and ex- 
tremity ; antennae fuscous except towards base ; palpi 
whitish, the 2nd joint banded with red-brown near base and 
at extremity and the 3rd with dark ring near extremity ; 
pectus, legs and ventral surface of abdomen white, the fore 
legs tinged with red-brown, the tarsi ringed with white. Fore 
wing ochreous white suffused with purplish red and irrorated 
with dark brown ; antemedial line red- brown defined on inner 
side by ochreous white, diffused except towards costa, angled 
outwards at subcostal nervure, then oblique ; reniform large, 
ochreous white defined by dark brown and with some rufous 
irroration in centre, its outline rather irregular and excurved 
on outer side at middle ; a rather diffused dark medial line, 
oblique to median nervure then outwardly oblique and 
sinuous ; postmedial line creamy white defined on outer side by 
black scales and at middle by black points, slightly excurved 
below costa, then minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, then 
