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



I St nest, Aleochara spadicea^ i. 



2nd nest, Blank. 



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



4th nest. Blank. 



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



6th nest, Aleochara spadicea^ 2. 



7th nest. One Quedius larva. 



8th nest, Aleochara spadicea^ 5. 



9th nest, Aleochara spadicea^ i. 



loth nest. Blank. 



nth nest, Quedius loiigicornis^ 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, Othius myr7?tecophihiS, 1. 



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



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

 April 1908 ; 11 nests examined by W. E. ; clayey and peaty soil. 



ist nest. Blank. 



2nd nest, Quedius vexans^ 2. 



3rd nest. Blank. 



4th nest, Othius myrmecophihis, i. 



5th nest, Only some smallish Staphylinid {Aleochara}) larvae. 



6th nest, Blank. 



7th nest, Quedius lo?igicornis, 3. 



8th nest, Quedius vexa?is^ 4, and larva. 



9th nest, Quedius vexans, 6, and larva. 



loth nest. Two larvae of Quedius. 



nth 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 brtumipes^ i ; Homalota^ sp. ?, 2. 



2nd nest, Homalota^ sp., i; Trichopte?'yx, sp. ?, 3; and several 



Quedius larvae. 

 3rd nest, Blank. 

 4th nest, Tachijius collaris^ i ; Tachyporus hypnoriwi, 1 \ and several 



Staphylinid larvae. 

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



1 ; and many larvae of Quedius and Aleochara. 



6th nest, Quedius vexa?is, 2, and several larvae ; Oxypoda lo?igipes, 



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



