SHOWY SHELLS. 



THE CHAUTAUQUA COLLECTION 



Thirty-six Large Showy Shells for only $2.00 — less than one-third usual prices. 



From my large assortment of beautiful shells I have selected 36 species of the more desir- 

 able varieties. All ai'e correctly and scientitically labeled and are very handsome. The 

 following is an exact list of the shells in tnis collection and the prices quoted ai'e the ones 

 at which each are usuady retailed: 



All shells in this collection are numbered to correspond with the numbers given below. 



1 Murex ramosus, Zanzibar 25 20 Melongena corona, Florida 25 



2 Murex trunculus, Mediterranean ... .15 21 Callista gigantea, Florida 25 



3 Murex brandaris, Naples 15 23 Pieorcera lambis, China 25 



4 Trochus pica, Bahamas 10 23 Cassidaria echurophora 20 



5 Strombus bitaberculatus, Bahamas. .25 24 Natica canerena, West Indies 20 



6 " alatus, Florida 20 25 Pyrula Dussumieri, Ceylon 25 



7 " florid us, Florida 15 26 Haliotis Cracherodi, California 25 



8 " lentigiuosus, Zanzibar 10 27 Nerita peleronta, Bahamas 10 



9 Cyprisa moneta, Ceylon 10 28 Tellina radiata, Bahamas 10 



10 Cyprrea caurica. Ceylon 10 29 Aporrhais pes pelicani, Mediterranean. 10 



11 Cypreea erosa, Polynesia 10 30 Pecten irradians, Atlantic 15 



12 Cyprasa lynx, Singapore 10 31 Mammoth Land Snail, Bahamas .25 



13 CyprfEa vitellus, Ceylou 20 33 Ovolum ovum, Singapore 25 



14 Cyprtea tigris, Australia 25 33 Dentalium entalis 10 



15 Cypraja tigris, blued, Australia 25 34 Strophia glans, Bahamas 10 



16 Oliva inflata, Singapore 10 35 Fasciolaria distans, Florida 25 



17 Oliva litterata, Florida 15 36 Turbo chrysostoma, Phillipines 25 



18 Conus litteratus, Singapore 25 



19 Conus miles, Ceylon 25 $6.50 



The shells in this collection, in size, will range from one to five inches. They are of all 

 colors ana from all parts of the world. At ordinary prices, for scientitically labeled shells, 

 they sell at an average of 20 cents each. One valve only of No. 30 is in the collection — other 

 bivalves include both valves. This collection is carefully packed in a light box and sent by 

 express at the purchaser's expense, for only $3.00, or pi-epaid for 50 cents additional. 



Put up and for sale by WALTER F. WEBB, Albion, N. Y. 



