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Lampris luna. Opah or King-fish. 
Not having observed in ‘The Naturalist’ any record of the 
capture at Bridlington of the Opah or King Fish (Zampris /una) in 
1889, I send copy of a cutting from the ‘Whitby Times’ of the 
and August, 1889: ‘A beautiful specimen of the Opah or King Fish 
was caught at Bridlington on Tuesday, having got into shallow water. 
The measurement from the head to the tip of the tail is 3 ft. 4 in., 
and 20} in. in depth. The upper part of the back and sides are of 
a rich green, reflecting both purple and gold in different lights, 
passing into yellowish-green below. Above and beneath the lateral 
line are various round yellowish-white spots, and all the fins are 
bright vermilion. Yarrell’s ‘‘ History of British Fishes” states that the 
fish is extremely rare; and at the date of the first edition of ‘British 
Zoology” only about five examples were recorded as having been 
taken—four of them in the north of the British Isles, and the other 
at Brixham in 1824. Towards the end of 1838, a fine specimen was 
caught on that part of the Dogger Bank nearest Bridlington, and 
passed into the hands of Mr. Boker, of York. The fish is common 
to the West Coast of Africa, and also the Eastern Seas.’ 
NOTE—BOTANY. 
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Volvex in ‘The Naturalist? for Mar 1890, states that the Volvox mee 
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NOTES—LEPIDOPTERA. 
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ar as fT am aware, this is only the fourth ose of S. convolvuli in this 
neighbourhood.—C. CHa Per, Museum, Park Street, Ripon, Oct. 13th, 1891- 
Late appearance of Abraxas ulmata.—On Saturday, Ay 26th, whilst 
—— the full-fed — of this angi near Kiveton Park, I was surprised 
to take a fine fomele mage at rest on the herbage just beneath the ‘wee I was 
ing. She J depositing tly es the box where she is confined.— 
A. E. Sheffield, Sept. 28th, 1891. 
