ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



PARTICULARS OF MOLES' NESTS EXAMINED. 



Near Largo, Fife, igth February 1908, 12 nests examined by 

 T. H. B. and W. E. ; sandy soil. 



ist nest, Blank. 



2nd nest, Quedius longicornis, 2. 



3rd nest, Oxypoda longipes, 2. 



4th nest, Quedius longicornis, i ; AleocJiara cuniculorum, 2. 



5th nest, A few Staphylinid larvae only. 



6th nest, Aleochara spadicea, 4. 



7th nest, Aleochara spadicea, 2 ; Choleva angustata, 3. 



Sth nest, Quedhts longicornis, i ; and Quedius larvae, 4. 



9th nest, Blank. 



loth nest, Homalota, sp. ?, 3. 



nth nest, Cat ops se rice us, i. 



1 2th nest, Blank. 



Gullane, Haddingtonshire, 5th March 1908, 6 nests examined 

 by W. E. ; sandy soil. 



ist nest, Quedius longicornis, i. 



2nd nest, Quedius vexans, i. 



3rd nest, Aleochara spadicea, i, and 2 Staphylinid larvae. 



4th nest, Aleochara amiculorum, i. 



5th nest, Homalota, 2 sp., 7. 



6th nest, Choleva tristis, 4. 



Near Dirleton, Haddingtonshire, i4th March 1908, 13 nests 

 examined by T. H. B. and W. E. ; sandy soil. 



ist nest, Quedius longicorjiis, i ; Q. rexans, i ; Aleochara spadicea, 



6 ; Homalota, sp. ?, 2. 

 2nd nest, A few Quedius larvae only. 

 3rd nest, Quedius vexans, 2, and several Quedius larvae ; Homalola, 



2 sp., 2 ; Megasternum boletopliagum, i ; Trichopteiyx, sp. ?, 2. 

 4th nest, Quedius vexans, 2 ; Aleochara spadicea, 2 ; Choleva angus- 



tata, i. 



5th nest, Quedius longicornis, 2 ; Xantholinus lincaris, i. 

 6th nest, Quedius vexans, 3, and larvae ; Homalota, sp. ?, i. 

 7th nest, Blank. 



Sth nest, Aleochara .spadicea^ i ; Homalota, sp. ?, 2. 

 9th nest, Quedius vexans, i ; Aleochara spadicea, 6 ; and several 



Staphylinid larvae, 

 loth nest, Two Quedius larvae only, 

 i ith, i2th, and i3th nests, Blank. 



Links near Largo, 2 ist March 1908; 12 nests examined by 

 W. E. ; sandy soil. 



