. 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. CORALS, SHELLS, P E T RI FA CTl 0 IT ifc. *S8 Fourteen fpecies of Corals, among which are Ifi* dichotoma, hippuris, Z,* pora cervicornis, Corallina monile, Madrepora feriata, JEllii, and various others 28^ Twenty cards, containing various fpecies of Neritac.^w? 0/ them rare ^9
. 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. CORALS, SHELLS, P E T RI FA CTl 0 IT ifc. *S8 Fourteen fpecies of Corals, among which are Ifi* dichotoma, hippuris, Z,* pora cervicornis, Corallina monile, Madrepora feriata, JEllii, and various others 28^ Twenty cards, containing various fpecies of Neritac.^w? 0/ them rare ^90 Niiae fine Bivalves, interrupta, faufta, hians, ^ 5 fpecies of VenUft 291 Ten fpecies of Screws and Needle fliells, viz. Buccinum crenulati^itijdinaidiatum^ _ ^ . fubulatum, L. rhinoceros, oculatum, S. &c. " ' 292 A large and fine Oftrea nedofa, L. or Duck's-foot peften, rare â^ /^^^^^ ^93 Ten cards, containing a variety of Bivalves, moft of them iahelied : " ^ ^C^^ '94 P*'"" Helix perverfa, L. right and left-handed, very rare " Echinus anemonoides, or purple Anemony Echinus, ^^â /r^wf^ raw, and one-ditto» ' ^ ^ with it's fpines on, Favanne 56. H. H. ^-i-^-'^-t^y//^y ' *'9^ Lepas diadema, L. or Whale Barnacle, very rare ^ 397 A curious furbelowed Murex, Martyn, FoL 6. c. and a non-defcn|t pleateiSi /2 , Murex, both from Falkland''s JJlands, and rare 298 The lefler Zebra Cone, extremely fcarce ââ (^<^/^ ^99 Four fpecies of Anomia, viz. truncata, retufa, L. diftorta, & rubicunda, 5. rare â / - / ^ 300 A fine pair of Conus Ammiralis, or High Admiral, r«rf _____ /7 301 "Byiccinyxmlxh, S, Mar/yn^ Fol. I. f^. 2. b. the Epidermis (f this fngularffecus wheiP ^ ^-/^^i.^i^.x,^^ J ' ivet is of various colours, and it is exceeding fcarce ci/J^^^y'^'^ 302 A curiaus reverfe turret-lhapedHelix, 6r. fl". 13. w/rf/fff^r^r* ââ ^ ^ ,503 Conu* bullatus, L* or orange lulip Cone, very rare â _____ _ J^NB of the Thir
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