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silvery femora of the hind legs, the legs and tarsi are black, annulate at 

 the joints with whitish ; in this species the hind legs are yellowish 

 silvery. Prunifoliella has an alar ex. of over ^i inch ; this species is a little 

 under 3/%. There are no raised tufts on any of my specimens, as there 

 are in E. prunifoliella, and from the condition of the specimens it is 

 scarcely probable that they could have been removed by attrition ; it is 

 possible, however, that there may have been some small ones, as it some- 

 times happens that small tufts on the wings are removed in setting or by 

 rubbing, without leaving any marks by which their former presence could 

 be detected. 



^higalia, gen. nov. 



Palpi porrected, divergent, slender and simple, with the second joint 

 nearly twice as long as the third, and a little clavate ; no visible maxillary 

 palpi. Head and face smooth, with scales appressed, the face nearly as 

 wide as long, but little retreating ; tongue small and scaled only at the 

 base. Eyes full globose ; basal joint of the antennae rather short and 

 broad, with a few scales depending over the eyes (possibly the remains of 

 a projecting tuft or of an eye-cap?) ; stalk simple, and about two-thirds 

 as long as the forewings. The palpi and antennae remind one strongly 

 of some species of Coleophora, but the face is too broad and the vertex 

 too short. 



The neuration and form of the fore wings is almost exactly that of 

 Pcrittia obscuropunctella, as figured by Stainton, Ins. Brit., v. j, the only 

 difference being that the Perittia has the submedian vein furcate at the 

 base, whilst in this species it is simple. 



The neuration of the hind wings is also like that of Perittia, except 

 that the fold is faintly visible ; the wing is also a little narrower in the 

 apical half. The wings are more coarsely scaled than in Coleophora, and 

 the ciliae are shorter. 



P. albella. N. sp. 



Snowy white ; under a lens a few scattered brown scales may be found 

 in the apical part of the wing. Al. ex. T / 2 inch. 



P. ochremaculella. N. sp. 



I have not examined the neuration of this species, but the external 

 characters are those of the preceding species, except that in this there is 

 a distinct projecting tuft over the eyes. 



