NOTES ON COLLECTING, 153. 
WOTES ON COLLECTING, Etc. 
Apraxas syivata.—l shall be glad of any hints as to rearing this 
species from those of your readers who have been successful in the 
matter. Under what conditions can one get the pupe safely through 
the winter? With me they invariably die.—(Rev.) G. H. Raynor, 
M.A., Hazeleigh Rectory, Maldon. 
A NEW Locality FOR DRYoPHILUS ANOBIOIDES, CHEVR., AND SOME 
OTHER COLEOPTERA FROM F’REcKENHAM AND Barton Mixuis.—Early in 
May, 1916, Dr. Nicholson discovered Dryophilus anobiotdes, Chevr., in 
abundance on a patch of broom at Freckenham, Suffolk; and three 
weeks later Mr. Allen visited the place in his company and found the 
beetle still present but less plentiful. They having kindly told me 
where to look for this rare insect at Freckenham, I went there on May 
17th last; but found most of the broom dead. I only secured two 
specimens of the Dryophilus from a single plant which was broken, but 
still living. Remembering that I had seen a fine large clump of broom 
at Barton Mills I determined to try there, and on May 18th I found 
the beetle to be in great abundance in this new locality. This beetle, 
judging from the few records of its capture with us, appears to be very 
rare in Britain. Fowler only gives Plumstead, Coombe Wood, and 
Chobham, which are all very old records. Rudd recorded it from 
Coombe Wood in 1834 [Hnt. Mag, 2 112 (1834)]. The only recent 
capture known to me, previous to Nicholson’s was made by Dr. Joy at 
Bradfield. 
It may be worth while to mention some of the other beetles 
observed at Freckenham and Barton Mills. In the former locality: 
beating some large Scots firs in bloom produced Brachonya pineti, Pk. 
(this northern species is evidently spreading in Suffolk; a few speci- 
mens had been taken near Mildenhall, Allen found it at Brandon, and 
it occurred to me in abundance at Barton Mills in 1917); Cryphalus 
abietis, Ratz.; Pityophthorus pubescens, Marsh.; Pityogenes bidentatus, 
Hbst.; Rhinomacer attelaboides, F.;  Dryophilus pusillus, Gyll. ; 
Homalium rivulare, Pk.; H. conctnnwn, Marsh ; Calodera nigrita, Man. 
(two specimens were taken, a very curious situation for this marsh 
insect): Apion pomonae, F., HKumicrus tarsatus, Mull.; Atomaria 
linearis, Steph.; and asmall narrow Hpuraea, which I have not yet 
been able to determine. 
In some pits, whence sand had recently been dug, beetles swarmed ; 
some of these are usually only found on the coast. Harpalus 
picipennis, Duft., not uncommon (the only other inland records known 
to me are Hendon, Lakenheath Warren, and Brandon. Retaken by 
Allen at Brandon in 1917); Harpalus serripes, Schon. (taken inland 
previously at Dartford Heath, and Harleston, Norfolk); Philopedon 
geminatus, F. (other inland records: Wellington College, Sherwood 
Forest, Bewdley, and Kidderminster) ; Microzoum tibiale, F.: Ortho- 
cerus muticus, L.; Baris picicornis, Marsh.; Trachyphloeus scaber, L. ; 
T. scabriculus, L.; Strophosomus faber, Hbst.; Syncalypta hirsuta, 
Sharp; Notoxus monoceras, L.; Homalota ignobilis, Sharp; A. caesula, 
Hr.; and H. sericea, Muls. (Dr. Cameron kindly identified the 
Homatlotae for me) ; ete. 
Harpalus punctatulus, Duft., was taken running on the road. 
