COLEOPTERA FROM MOLES* NESTS IN S.E. OF SCOTLAND 91 



ist nest, Oxypoda longipes, \ ; Aleochara spadicea, i ; Homalota, 



sp. ?, i. 



2nd nest, 4 Quedins larvae. 

 3rd nest, Oxypoda longipes, 2. 

 4th nest, Quedius longicornis, 3. 

 5th nest, Oxypoda longipes, 2 ; Homa/ota, 2 sp., 3. 

 6th nest, Quedius vexans, \ 

 7th nest, Quedius vexans, 4 ; Aleochara spadicea, 4 ; and a few larvae. 



EDINBURGH, February 1909. 



ON SOME SCOTTISH DIPTERA STRATIO- 

 MYID^E TO ASILID/E. 



BY A. E. J. CARTER and Rev. JAMES WATERSTON, B.D., B.Sc. 



THE publication of Mr. Verrall's recent work (vol. v. of 

 " British Diptera ") is an event of first-rate importance for 

 every student of the families dealt with. The book must 

 long remain the standard work. 



We have taken the opportunity thus afforded of 

 thoroughly revising the specimens of the above group in our 

 collections. The results are contained in the present paper. 



Many of the examples here mentioned have passed 

 under Mr. Verrall's critical eye, one or two have already 

 been included in Mr. Grimshaw's lists of the " Forth " 

 Diptera. Some repeat or confirm old records. But for 

 the sake of completeness and because members of the 

 Stratiomyidae, etc., except in the case of one or two common 

 forms, are seldom met with abundantly, it has seemed best 

 to notice all the species we have secured. The bulk of our 

 captures have been made in the last seven or eight years. 



In indicating localities the county name has been 

 added to the first mention of the place, but dropped later. 

 Field notes have been as a rule imtialed. For any other 

 remarks we are jointly responsible. 



STRATIOMYID,<E. 



OXYCERA DIVES, Lw. 3 c? 6 , Abcrfoyle, Perthshire. 6, 8, and 

 9, vii. '03. This species is very rare in Britain, and Mr. 

 Verrall only knows of four or five specimens a 9 without 



