. 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. ^O'UaTi^ .5423 â â 3428 431 ^''i-etj^C-cM^ 3434 '^'^^^'t^yiuA^' 3436 ^ 3438 ^Oaaaa^ 3439 3440. ( SS7 ) Foi'ty'-one fpecimcns of Cimex, ebiefly from Jlfrka^-all labdkd Six rare Papiliones, viz. two of Menelaus, two of Achilles, and two others Three curious Phiilaentc, one
. 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. ^O'UaTi^ .5423 â â 3428 431 ^''i-etj^C-cM^ 3434 '^'^^^'t^yiuA^' 3436 ^ 3438 ^Oaaaa^ 3439 3440. ( SS7 ) Foi'ty'-one fpecimcns of Cimex, ebiefly from Jlfrka^-all labdkd Six rare Papiliones, viz. two of Menelaus, two of Achilles, and two others Three curious Phiilaentc, one of them with a fmguhir cotton-like appendage to the wings, tvery rare A pair of extremely fcarce Bupreftides, of a fliining blue colour, with a large yellow fpot on each of the elytra A pair of very rare fpecies of MolofTus o'iVoe!, black with fluted elytra -râ Ten various fpecimens of Termes chiefly from Africa^ a Formica Leo, a curious Infefl with long clavated â¢A.\\iQViV\2ii, prohahly a new genus, and two others Three beautiful Scarabiei from Africa, two of them of a line polifl»eJ greeti colour, the other a blue, fpotted with white, very rare Two very rare Bupi-cftides, green and gold, fpecklcJ with black ; and an un^ common fpecies of Elatcr, yellow and brown Guttatus, X. and another rare fpecies of Carabus, black, with fee large white fpots, from Africa Two fine fpecimens of Phalxna Cecropia, L. from NnKiâ Tori'ârare. Drury^ Vol. I. 18. 2. Five curious and rare Papiliones, viz. three of Feronia, L. one of Amphinome, Fah. and one more A large and fine Cerambyx Cervicornis, L. from South-America^rare Thirty-two beautiful Papiliones, all coiL'Hed in the ncighhoiirhood of Nevj-York Tu'enty-iour ditto, very fine, from the fame place Twelve fine and rare Pajyiliones, among which are Lcilus, Paljeno, Fuly- damas, Hyparete, L. &c. Two large and fine fpecies of Mantis, viz, Religiofa, I. and one from Africaâ: loth rare A I'rrv fne Male Scarn_h/iiii Acla-on, L. fro
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