THE MUSEUM. 



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CYPRAEA FOR SALE. 



There sire very few shell collectors bill what 

 will agree that Uie Cowries are the haiuisom- 

 est of all shells. The brilliant enamel extends 

 over the entire specimen and the great variety 

 of colors are really wonderful 



They inhabit chietly the warmer seas, al- 

 though a few species come as far north as 

 Florida and southern California The Indian 

 ocean produces more kinds than any other 

 locality, aMhoiigh llioy inhabit all islands from 

 Japan to New Zealand. Our new possessions, 

 the Sandwich Islands, have a number of inter- 

 esting forms. 



We list such species as we have on hand at 

 pre.sent and shall be plesised to send approval 

 lots to any one who desires same. The differ- 

 ence in price usually denotes a difTorence in 

 size, as we have no rooit specimens whatever. 

 You are sure to be pleased with anything from 

 this list. 



LIST ASK PRICES. 



Argus, L 50. 75 to $1.00 



exanthema. L 15. 2.5 to 50 



scurra, Chiuin., 25 to .oO 



Isabella. L. 5-10 15 



lurida, L 10 and 15 



Cincrea Gmel. 10 20 50 



carneola, L. 10 20 30 75 



talpa, L.20 30 40 



rhinoceros, iiby 1.00 



irrorata, Sol 50 



microdon, (iray 50 



felina, Gmel. 10 and 20 



hirundo, L 510 20 



negleela, Sby 15 



eynindrica Born .35 50 



teres, (imol 2.00 



cruenta, Gmel. 10 15 20 



stolida, L 50 



arenosa, Gray. 35 to 50 



tessellata, Swain $1.00 to 2 50 



caput-serpentig, L. 5-10 15 



Arabica, L. 15 20 25 



reticulata, Mart. 20 30 50 



histrio, Meusch . 30 40 50 



stercoraria, L. 25 to 50 



decipiens. E A S 10.00 



moneta. L. & Vars. 5 to 15 



obvelata, Lam. 10 to 15 



Aurantium, Mart, with hole in outer lip, 



worn by native 25.00 



Tigris, L. 15 to 25 



vitcllus. L 10 1.5-25 50 



spadicea, Swn 50 75 1.00 



pyrum, Gmel , fine 35 



errones. L 10 15 



subviridis, Rve 35 .50 75 



pulcbella. Swain 2.50 



zonata, Chem. $1..50 to 2..50 



picta, (iray. 25 to .50 



puDctulata. (iray 15 



ziczac, L 5 10 to 15 



asellus. L. 5 to 10 



punctata, L. 15 to 25 



Comptoni. Gray 50 



pulicaria, Sve 1 .00 



cribraria. L 25 35 and 50 



esentropia. Duel 1 .00 



Lamarckii, Gray. 20 to 35 



cburnoa. Barnes. 30-40 to 75 



erosa. L. 5 to 15 



listeri. (iray. 50 to 75 



albuginosa, Mawe 15 



polila, Roberts 2.00 



spurca. h. 20 to 30 



cernica, Sby ,50 



edentula, Sby 40 



capensis. (iray 1.25 



cervus. 1- 25 50 to 75 



cerviuetta, Kien 25 



testudinaria, L .50-75 to 1 25 



controversa. Gray 50 



pulchra, Gray. $1.50 to 2 00 



reevei. (iray 1 .50 



interrupta, (iray 40 



quailrimaculata, (iray 50 



limbrieata, (imol.5-10 20 



macula. Ads 35 and 50 



ursellus, Gmel 15 



oweni, Sby 1.00 



coll'ea, Sby 50 



tabescens, Sol. 25 35 50 



caurica, L 5 10 20 



gregori, Ford 50 



ventriculus, Lam. 25-50 75 



mauritiaua, L 25 to 40 



mappa, L 50-75 $100 1.50 



eglantina, Uuc 2 00 



intermedia, (iray 15 



arabicula, Lam. 15 to 25 



stercoraria. Var. Minor 30 



thersites, (iask 2 50 



mus, L 30 



annulus, L 5 to 10 



pantherina, Sol. 25 to 50 



melanosioma, Leathes. 50 75 1 .00 



onyx, L. tine 50 



lynx, L. 5 10 15-25 50 



sophiae. Biaz 1.00 



pallida, (iray 1 .50 



Sowerbyi, Kien. 20 to 35 



Exusta. Sby. very fine 10 00 



sanguinolenta, (imel .75 



undata, Lam. 10-15 to 20 



clandestina. L. 5 to 10 



angustata, Gmel. 25-35 to 50 



piperita, Sol 75 



algoensis, (iraj' 50 



cribellus, (iask 30 



margarita, Sol 2 00 



miliaris. (imel. 25 to 40 



turdus, Lam. 5 to 15 



ocellata, L. 10 to 15 



poraria, L 15 



helvola, L 5 to 15 



semiplota, Migh 2.00 



flaveola, L. 15 to 25 



gangrenosa, 5 to 25 



adansoni, Gray .... 1.00 



staphylaea, L. 10 to 20 



pustulata, I..am. 15 to 25 



Madagascarensis, 35 to 50 



annulata, (iray 50 



globulus, L 25 



oniscus. Lam 40 



nivea, (iray 10 



scabriuscuia, Gray 10 



insecta. Migh 15 



globosa. Gray 25 



suffusa Gray 15 



quadripunctata, Gray 10 



