I'URPLE EMPEROR. 
The palpi are white ; and the thorax, as well 
^as the eyes, are of a blueiih or aih colour. 
■The white spots are very similar to those on 
the upper-ficle ; but the neld, or ground co- 
lour, is of a reddish brovvn variegated with 
'black and orange. The table-membrane is 
of a pale blossom-colour, with two spots of 
Tslack. Towards the lov/er corner of the 
wing, there is a large orange-coloured spot, 
about three-eighths of an inch in diameter, the 
-centre of which has a black ring, and within 
that there is another of purple. The inferior 
wings are of a dull pearl-colour near the body 
or thorax, as well as on the outer-edge ; but, 
near the white bar or band which crosses the 
middle, they are of a blood-red brown. The 
eye on the upper -fide, near the abdominal cor- 
ners, appears very faintly on this fide. 
*' The ex^anfion of the wino-s is three 
■Inches. 
** The Caterpillar, which feeds on sallow, 
is of a green colour, and has two horns on it's 
head, like a snail cr fiug. It is in the Cater- 
pillar 
