88 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HLSTORY 



TAKirCULARS OF MOLES' NeSTS EXAMINED. 



Near l^argo, Fife, 19th February 1908, 12 nests examined by 

 T. H. ]}. and W. E. ; sandy soil. 



1st nest, l)lank. 



2nd nest. Qucdius /o?igicoj'7iis, 2. 



3rd nest, Oxypoda Io7igipes, 2. 



4th nest, Qucdius loiigicornis^ i ; Aleochai'a cu7iicidoruin^ 2. 



5 th nest, A few Staphylinid larvce only. 



6th nest, AIeoc/ia?'a spadicea^ 4. 



7th nest, Aleochara spadkea, 2 ; Cholera a?igustata, 3. 



8th nest, Quedius lojigicor?iis, i ; and Quedius larvae, 4. 



9th nest. Blank. 



loth nest, Homalota^ sp. ?, 3. 



nth nest, Cat ops sericeus, i. 



1 2th nest, Blank. 



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

 by W. E. ; sandy soil. 



I St nest, Quedius longicornis^ i. 



2nd nest, Quedius vexans^ i. 



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



4th nest, Aleochara cmiiculoriwi, i. 



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



6th nest, Choleva tristis, 4. 



Near Dirleton, Haddingtonshire, 14th ]\Iarch 1908, 13 nests 

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



ist nest, Quedius loiigicornis^ i ; Q. vexa7is, 1 ; Aleochara spadicea^ 



6 ; Ho77ialota^ sp. ?, 2. 

 2nd nest, A few Quedius larvae only. 

 3rd nest, Quedius vexa7ts^ 2, and several Quedius larvae ; Ho77ialota^ 



2 sp., 2 ; Megaster7iu77i boletophagu7?i, 1 ; Tricliopte7yx^ sp. ?, 2. 

 4th nest, Quedius vexaTis^ 2 ; Aleochara spadicea, 2 ; Choleva a7igus- 



tata, I. 

 5 th nest, Quedius lo7igicor7iis, 2 ; Xa7itholi7ius li7iearis^ i. 

 6th nest, Quedius vexa7is^ 3, and larvae; Ho77ialota^ sp. ?, i. 

 7th nest. Blank. 



8th nest, Aleochara spadicea^ i ; Ho77ialota^ sp. ?, 2. 

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



Staphylinid larvae, 

 loth nest. Two Quedius larvae only, 

 iith, 1 2th, and 13th nests. Blank. 



Links near Largo, 21st March 1908; 12 nests examined by 

 W. E. ; sandy soil. 



