88 BBITISH BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHR 



true, anterior, horny legs, but with nine pairs of ill- 

 developed prolegs ; mining in the interior of leaves, 

 forming long serpentine galleries or irregular blotches. 



This family comprises the smallest known Lepido- 

 pterous insects, some of them are exquisitely beautiful. 

 We have no less than 52 British species. 



The two remaining groups, PTEROPHORINA and 

 ALUCITINA, not being divided into families, this Chapter 

 is here concluded. 



