. 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. a s68o 3681 3^83 A4 â 5^ 3684 3685 3687 3659 3/. // â t ^ ⢠( 170 ^ Curious BRITISH and EXOTIC INSECTS. A pair of curious Spiders inclofcd in a , and a very lingular neft or ceH of a large Spider, having a door to it. Braivn's Jarnaica, tab. j^s^^ Jig, 3. xu - in a


. 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. a s68o 3681 3^83 A4 â 5^ 3684 3685 3687 3659 3/. // â t ^ ⢠( 170 ^ Curious BRITISH and EXOTIC INSECTS. A pair of curious Spiders inclofcd in a , and a very lingular neft or ceH of a large Spider, having a door to it. Braivn's Jarnaica, tab. j^s^^ Jig, 3. xu - in a like cafe, all from Jamaica, and Three very curious and rare fpecies of Cimex, from Cayenne Two large anil fine Phalaenae, from Jfrica, vndefcrihed and very rare A large and fine Mantis, in the larva ftate, from Jamaica.^ Drury, Foil. taL _ ^o. 7%. 3. in aglafs cafc '~ Eight beautiful Papiliones, viz. a pair of Niaviusjtwo of "Orion, and a pair of _ Dans, Fair.ââ¢all labelled ' / Two of Nireus, Anchifes, a pair of Jafion Charithonia, Z. and two other fine ^ Papiliontij Eighteen lieautiful Lepldoptera, moji of them rare, from 2V. America ⢠Phalaena Luna, Z,. from Ne-M-Tcrk, in the greateft perfeftion, very rare , . Z^" Twenty-two curious and rare Phalae ia?, f om N, America, extremely beautiful 2.^ A very curious variety of Mantis Go7igyUdcs, L. from Madrasârare * ~S'" A fine fpecimen of Scarabaus A5leon, L. from the Brazilsâvery fcarce A very fine Scarabaus Gigas, L.âextremely rare Sphcx bidens, L. and two other curious Infedls of the fame ^enus, one of them from Africaâall rare Ten curious and rare fpecimens of Hymenopterae â A fpecimen of a very large and rare fpecies of Mantis, nearly allied to thaifigure. in Drury, P'ol. II. pi. 50 Various fpecies of fmall EnglilbPhalsena, >noft of them rare, and among them fotttt nciv fpct:ics A pair of Fapilio Thoas, kom N. America, and another of Helenas, L. from Chinaârare Twelve beautiful and rare Phal


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