NOTE—COLEOPTERA. 
peter Wt ee ilis nega —In the September issue of the 
. Hiaipae oe Mr. Roebuck records the capture of two specimens of this interest- 
n Yorkshire. As I have not seen it recorded for Notts, it may be 
wath while. to state ‘that a very fine specimen was captured by the Trent-side at 
Wilford, near Nottingham, on August 26th last, and is now in my possession.— 
iM. CARR, Nottingham, "Sept. 2nd, 1893. ' 
NOTE S—FISHES. 
Opah or King-fish on the tegegi uty Coast.—A very fine example of this 
etal fish aiggractg® ha Gm.), of the most gorgeous colours, and w weighing 
about four stone, was left by the tide, early in August, in a 1 on the coast 
opneite ington tas end Between 1767 and this date it has been recor 
upwards of a som oe em Ye oast aken off the 
one a coast, mon, weighing 140 pounds, and the flesh is 
as red and ef ke ate pi quality.—JoHN CorpEaux, Eaton Hall, 
Retford, Sept 5th, 1893. 
The Lamprey in North Lancashire.—The following cutting is a the 
* Ulverston sated nate 24th, 1893 :—‘ EXTRAORDINARY CaTcH.—On Friday 
evening last, while several fishermen of Broughton were up the river Lickle rod- 
fishing, their attention was directed by some youths on the river-bank between 
Low Moss and the y Bridges to tw anguilliform fish, which 
® to be engaged st deadly feud; after several fruitl ffo empt 
to take the a e young fellows, after taking th tion to 
eaikeck his hand into as river, and eventuall ceeded in throwing both 
out of the ni ved to be of the eel speci ws 
or Jampreys. Both fish were about two feet long, and weigh out 2 Ibs. each. 
Lickle is a strea the neighbo of Broughton-in-Furness, wh 
joins the Duddon below Duddon Bridge. C be Petromyzon marinus L.? 
= PP- 525-6.—LisTeR PETTY, oo Fue 26th, 1893. 
NOTES—. MOLLUSCA 
Viviparns contectus still living at Askern.—On the ree June, when with S o 
ses Apes a eel Smal Trum: mips coy 
one of the dykes we made an interesting fi ee Viviparus contectus, the 
or its occurrence in this district see Mr. Macpherson’s ‘ Fauna of Lakeland, 
