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uncommonly ; and Nettraphes eubtcundus^ Schm., a birds' nest 

 species, I have as yet only taken twice in a moles' nest, one here and 

 one in the nests from Norfolk. 



I do not think it necessary to more than enumerate the species 

 which are only accidental visitors to the nests. Tlomalota circellarls, 

 Gr., 'Fa^acfria sulcatula, Gr., IF. ohscurn, Gr., are so often found that 

 they perhaps ought to be included in Class B- The following species 

 have only occurred on a few occasions : — Aleocliara succicola, Th., 

 Ilyohates nigricoUis, Pk., Homalota ravilla, Er., H. oblita, Er., B. exilis, 

 Er., Enceplialiis complicana, Westw., 3£ycetoporus lepidus-, Gr., Choleva 

 tristis, Pz. (immature), O. wntsoni, Spence, Neuraphes anguJatus, 

 Miill., Tychus niger, Pk., Eutliia scydmcenoides, Steph , Bryaxis jiin- 

 corum, Leach , and many other common species. 



Other mammals' nests I have been able to find during" the year 

 have been comparatively few, the most interesting being that of the 

 squirrel's. This animal makes a large round nest of sticks, moss and 

 dead leaves, lined with shredded bark or hay, and places it high up in 

 a fir or other tree or in a tall hawthorn bash. I have taken three 

 " dreys " this year, none occupied by young ; in two I found large 

 numbers of TJomaJota corinria, Kr., in the other, which I think was 

 deserted as soon as built, two specimens of the same species. Mr. P. 

 Harwood tells me he once took a number of this Homalota in the 

 same situation. Canon Fowler records H coriaria as having been 

 taken " at the sap of felled trees, also in cut grass, moss, &c. ;" and 

 so probably it is not entirely confined to squirrels' nests, although it 

 is possible that its natural habitat is the nest of the squirrel and other 

 mammals, as the stoat, weasel, &c., but I think it would be a more 

 uncommon species in our collections were this the case. It certainly 

 breeds in the squirrels' "dreys," as I have it breeding out now from 

 one in a box. 



I had one opportunity of examiniug the nest of a badger, but 

 unfortunately I had reason to believe it had only recently been con- 

 structed. It consisted of a great mass of sticks and dead leaves, and 

 was many feet from the mouth of the " earth." It contained 2 Tlefe- 

 rothops mcjra^ 1 Quediiis mesomeJinus, Marsh., 1 Sipnlia ruJicoUis, Er., 

 and 1 Clioleva ivillcini, Spence. In the one rabbits' nest I have been 

 able to find I took 2 Heterothops nigra, I Aleocliara succicola, Th., and 

 3 Tacliinus siihterraneus, L. The only other mammal's nest I have 

 taken this year is a shrew's. It was with this species I had hoped to 

 find Quedius longicornis, Kr , but the nest only produced many Pte- 

 nidium evanescens. 



