COLEOPTERA FROM MOLES' NESTS IN S.E. OF SCOTLAND 89 



ist nest, Aleochara spadicea, i. 



2nd nest, Blank. 



3rd nest, Homalota, sp. ?, i. 



4th nest, Blank. 



5th nest, Aleochara spadicea, i, and larva. 



6th nest, Aleochara spadicea, 2. 



yth nest, One Quedius larva. 



8th nest, Aleochara spadicea, 5. 



gth nest, Aleochara spadicea, i. 



loth nest, Blank. 



nth nest, Quedius longicornis, i. 



1 2th nest, Blank. 



Ravelrig Toll Moss, 28th March 1908, 5 nests examined by 

 W. E. ; damp peaty soil. 



ist and 2nd nests, Blank. 



3rd nest, Ot/iii/s mvrmecophilus, i. 



4th and 5th nests, Blank, but for i Staphylinid larva. 



Upland pastures, 2-3 miles south of Leadburn, Peeblesshire, 4th 

 April 1908; ii nests examined by W. E. ; clayey and peaty soil. 



ist nest, Blank. 



2nd nest, Quedius vexans, 2. 



3rd nest, Blank. 



4th nest, O thins myrmecophilus, i. 



5th nest, Only some smallish Staphylinid (Aleocharaf) larvae. 



6th nest, Blank. 



7th nest, Quedius longicornis, 3. 



8th nest, Quedius vexans, 4, and larva. 



gth nest, Quedius vexans, 6, and larva. 



loth nest, Two larvae of Quedius. 



i ith nest, Blank. 



Luffness Links, near Aberlady, Haddingtonshire, 8th April 

 1908 ; 12 nests examined by T. H. B. and W. E. ; sandy soil. 



ist nest, Stenus brunnipes, i ; Homalota, sp. ?, 2. 



2nd nest, Homalota, sp., i; Trichopteryx, sp. ?, 3; and several 



Quedius larvae. 

 3rd nest, Blank. 

 4th nest, Tachimts collaris, i ; Tachyporus liypnorum, i ; and several 



Staphylinid larvae. 

 5th nest, Quedius vexans, 3 ; Aleochara spadicea, 4 ; Homalota, sp. 



1 ; and many larvae of Quedius and Aleochara. 



6th nest, Quedius vexans, 2, and several larvne ; Oxypoda longipes, 



2 ; Aleochara spadicea, 2 ; Choleva angustata, i. 



