. A catalogue of the Portland Museum : lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland deceased which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Skinner and Co. on Monday the 24th of April, 1786, and the thirty-seven following days ... Sundays, and the 5th of June ... excepted ... Zoological specimens; Art objects; Mollusks. 3372 3374 337^ 3376 ^^i^ 3377 â U 3378 / A. ⢠3379 '=^'2^t-«-'-t^i/^.u^, 3381 ^ 3383 , , ( JS4- ) A fine fpecimcn of pfonuba, S. and another fine Tellen, aada beaatiful variety â ot Venus meretrix^ ;-^all rare A very fine fpeeimen of Tubipoi a mufica, L. and a curious v
. A catalogue of the Portland Museum : lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland deceased which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Skinner and Co. on Monday the 24th of April, 1786, and the thirty-seven following days ... Sundays, and the 5th of June ... excepted ... Zoological specimens; Art objects; Mollusks. 3372 3374 337^ 3376 ^^i^ 3377 â U 3378 / A. ⢠3379 '=^'2^t-«-'-t^i/^.u^, 3381 ^ 3383 , , ( JS4- ) A fine fpecimcn of pfonuba, S. and another fine Tellen, aada beaatiful variety â ot Venus meretrix^ ;-^all rare A very fine fpeeimen of Tubipoi a mufica, L. and a curious variety of Madre« pora criftat:i, Ellis Zooph. both from the E. Indies Buccinwm teftudo, or tortoUe-ftiell Harp, from Madagafcar, and Pandura, S. or piuk-clouded Harp, from Guineaâboth in thegrcatejlperfellion A very beautiful orange and white varioadylus Gxderppus^ L. from China, rare A very uncommon variety of Murex cornutus, L, having a ro^O of /ju'/tes more than is u fual in this /pedes, from Guinea A very fcarce brown variety of Spsndylus Gsederopus, L. from China Murex undatus, a ncM and undcfcribed/pedes, unique**-the country unknown A very large and fine Echinus Cidaris, L. or mamiilatcd Echinus, from the Red Sea-^veiy rare A very curious Echinites,.from Malea^^rart A la ge and fin-e Cypraea Mappa, L. remarkable for iCs jint purple ground, from A7nbo\na-^rare Voluta fl iftuata, 5. a very /ne and heavtiful/pecin 0/the Mujtc kind, from New Hollandâextremely /carce A very large and fine fpeeimen of Madrcpora pileus, L.â^extremely/carce - A curious frelh-water bivalve of the Venus genus, of a greenifli colour, iranf- verfly furrowed, extremely /carccâfhe county unknown A very large and uncommon variety of Murex Colus, L. or the great Crane Shell, from Quince^, Scba 111, tab, 79. the longtjl figure A very fine fpecimcn of Conus Vicarius, L. a variety of the High Admiral, from Amboyna-^rar^ An exceeding fine/pecimen of Donax Pube/cens, L. extremely fcarce P'^itell
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