PURPLE HAIRSTREAK. 89 



outside corner, the outside edge Avhitc, the remainder being 

 filled in with iridescent purple, more or less extensive and 

 intense. The hind wings, which have a short tail, are uniform 

 blackish brown; the outside edge is white. 



Underneath, the front wings are bronzed ash-colour, with 

 a slender white streak shadowed on the inside M'ith brown, 

 some distance within the outer margin, and following it, 

 but not all the way; near the lower corner are two orange 

 fulvous marks, the base of a faint procession of the same upwards, 

 obscurely visible in some lights. The hind wings are of the 

 same bronzed ash-colour, with a similar white streak, taking 

 up that of the fore wings, but slightly curved inwards instead 

 of following the margin; near the lower corner are two other 

 orange fulvous spots, the upper one with a black centre, and 

 the outer one edged at its base with black, Avhich runs on in 

 a streak to the tail. The antennse are reddish on the lower 

 side of the clubs. 



The female resembles the male, but the purple is obscurely 

 extended over the black of the upper Avings in some lights, 

 and likewise over the low^er ones, excepting a rather broad 

 band at the mara^iii. 



The caterpillar, which in appearance somewhat resembles 

 a woodlouse, is short and thick, of a dull rose-red colour, 

 covered with short hairs, and with several rows of dark 

 greenish lines or dots. 



The chrysalis is described as being of a shining rusty brown 

 colour, with three rows of brown spots on the back. 



