. 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. —I ( 106 ) Eiglit cards containing various fpecies of Bivalves and MuklvSlves, among which are Solen Enfis, AnomU Cepa, Mytilus Mangaritifera, Chiton acu- Icatus, &c. A pair of large and fine Bulla Achatlna, X. or narrovv-ftriped Zebra Land Snails, from Cape of Good Hope—r
. 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. —I ( 106 ) Eiglit cards containing various fpecies of Bivalves and MuklvSlves, among which are Solen Enfis, AnomU Cepa, Mytilus Mangaritifera, Chiton acu- Icatus, &c. A pair of large and fine Bulla Achatlna, X. or narrovv-ftriped Zebra Land Snails, from Cape of Good Hope—rare Four fine Oftreae Pedtines, viz. 2 varieties of Glabra, one of Gibba, L. and tumida,. 5.—-all rare A pair of fmall undefcribed reverfcd Murlces figured by Favannc,,pi. 33. A. 6. .2 "\^olutae, white with a brown band, 2 non-defcript Turbos, Helix albo- llatlva, from M^ejl'Indies, of and an imperforated Hallotis, rare .Three curious and rare fpecies of Ttllina, vi;;, Gargadia, L. feftiva and papy- racca, A large and fine Conus Varius, L. var. a. S, £om China—rare A fine pair of Helix Cornu ari>;tis, and one of Cltrina, L.—both rare A fine pair of a curious variety of Murex ramofus, L.—very fcarce Chama Arcinella, or thorny Heart, and Ollrea pallium, L. or Royal Mantle^ both fine A pair of very fine knotted Clubs, a frefli-vvater Shell from CJyina, Strombus livid us, L.—very rare Eight pair of curious frelh-water Neritae, viz. Pulligera, virginea, L. the pur- ple Afb's Hoof, 3 other Afiatic ones, &c. A fmall but extremely fine pair of Murex fimbrlatus, or furbelowed Murex, from Falkland^, M^r/yfi, Fol. \- fg- 6. c. Favanne, 37. H. u and a curious non defrript Buccinum A large and fine Conus Araneofus, S. or Spider's Web Cone,-from Coromandel^ very rare, Alartyn, fol. TI. 676 An e3{ceejding fine red variety of Spondylus Gaederopus, from China—rare T1V0 extremely curious and rare fpecies of Cypraa, iflata,S). or buhble C
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