REQUEST FOR WITHDRAWAL OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                     FILED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933



U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC
615 East Michigan Street
Milwaukee, WI 53202

January 8, 2004

VIA EDGAR

Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549

Re: The Purisima Funds (the "Registrant")
File Nos. 333-09153 and 811-07737

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     Pursuant to Rule 477(a) under the  Securities  Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), the Registrant  respectfully requests that the Securities and
Exchange  Commission  (the  "Commission")  consent  to  the  withdrawal  of  the
Registrant's  Registration  Statement  under the  Securities Act on Form N-1A, a
filing with  accession  number  0000894189-03-001893.  The filing was originally
filed with the Commission on December 23, 2003 (File No. 333-111518) (along with
any exhibits and amendments filed thereto) (the "Registration Statement").

     The  Registrant  requests  that the  Registration  Statement  be  withdrawn
because  the  submission  was  inadvertently  submitted  on EDGAR form type N-1A
rather than 485BPOS. The Post Effective Amendment to the Registration  Statement
was resubmitted on January 7, 2004 under the correct form type 485BPOS.

     Thank you for your  attention  to this  matter.  If you have any  questions
regarding  this  filing,  please feel free to contact the  undersigned  at (414)
765-5025.

Sincerely,



/s/Elaine E. Richards



Elaine E. Richards, Esq.
Vice President
U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC