158 THE PURPLE HIGHFLIER. 
more beautiful than the female, the upper side of 
the wings of the female not being enriched with 
that vivid change of purple, which the male pos- 
sesses in such an eminent degree ; but, on the other 
hand, Nature has, to a certain extent, compensated 
for this in the female, as the under side of her wings 
are far richer, in the various tints of colour, than 
those of the male. They are both beautifully 
spotted, mottled, and covered with brown, black, 
white, and orange. The chrysalis is of a very de- 
liceate texture, much resembling the white pupa, 
and is tinged in several parts with a very lively 
pwrple hue, which is transmitted from the wings of 
the enclosed insect, and bears the characteristic 
mark of a Papilio, by being suspended from the 
tail, with the head downward. 
