. 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. C a6 ) 190 Four fpeties of EfigUih Phalcnsc, viz. tremuU, dromedarlas, curtirta, and ikzwr â all very fine and rare A fine Scjrabaaus Hercules, from 2)(j«/«zV/j 592 A pair ot Plialena Odora, Z,. very rare 59 J Fourteen beautiful Pa^-iliones, viz. apairof ddpYiiicef/ametlmes
. 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. C a6 ) 190 Four fpeties of EfigUih Phalcnsc, viz. tremuU, dromedarlas, curtirta, and ikzwr â all very fine and rare A fine Scjrabaaus Hercules, from 2)(j«/«zV/j 592 A pair ot Plialena Odora, Z,. very rare 59 J Fourteen beautiful Pa^-iliones, viz. apairof ddpYiiicef/ametlmes found in England^ maja, L. &c. 594 Nine curious fpecics of furei'gn Cetfainblces, among which arc Capenlis, L. lamia, tribulus, Fa'/r. and others, from ji/rica and America 59; Four rare fpcciea of EngUrh Phalenae, viz. fagi, L. or the Lobfler,Janefl;ris, fpotted , ermiue of iiarn rV, &;c. 2 . J _. CORALS, SHELLS, P E T RI F A CT TO N S, &c/ 596 Nine fine Bivalve:, among which are a Solon ftrigillatu5, fpondylus giederopu«»^ Venus chione, S:c. 597 A fine turbines concameratus, an hyfterlolithus, a'chalcedonic Echinites, and various other curious petrifactions 598 Two fine purple Echini, lacunofus, L. 599 Monoculus polyphemus, L. and a curiousJ:uberculated foreign crab 600 Two fine fpecimens of the Fire Marble from Carinthiaâ^onepolijljed 601 Two beautiful fpecimens of Helix yitellus, Rum, 22, v. and 9 other curious and rare fnails '602 Oftrea ifognomon, L. or many hinged Oyllcr, from China 605 Three curious and very rare fpecies df murex, non defcripts 604 A large and fine Maftra firiatula, 'L.âvciy ran ^ ' 60^ varieties of Murex tribulus, or thorny WoodcocTc ^ 606 Six fcarce fpecies of Oftrea pe£tines, viz. pes felis, L. gibb i, & diaphana,&c. 607 -Six unccmmon fpecies of Helix, 2 of the bee-hive Trochus, and a ridged Turbo 608 AifineCardium fpinofum, S. or rake Cockle, from the Mediterranean 609 A fine Conus Ammiralis, L. or Hi
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