TwENTY-ETGHTH Day's SaLE. 

 T H U R S D AY the a5th of MAY, 1786. 



SHELLS, CORALS, PETRI FACTION'S, ^c. 



•lOT 

 29^4 Thi "TINE cnritjus and rare fpccies of Buccina, /rtWW 



'^955 '^^ A fcarce variety of Helix ulbufnen, or Bull's-eye Snail, from Cbintt, two 



fine oriental Land Snails, and a beautiful Turbo from the Cape of Good Hopt 



S9j;6 Fifteen' fine Univalves of different genera, among which are Voluta mitra pa- 



-palis, mufica, Conus capitaneus, Figulinus, Strombus tuberculatus, Cyprasa 



talpa, Mus, iic, 



■igy7 A large and fine Buctinum gffle.!, L. frWn the Mciftterrancan 



••2958 A cluftcr df the Oftrea Rhizophora and fragilis, S. adhering to the wocif, in their 



ntitive jHanner bf ^mvtb 

 - 2959 F6rty-one cards of varioius fpecies of Tellina,y^«(f rare^—lahclkd 

 '2960 Avery large and fine purple variety of Spondylut Gsderopus, £. from the 



Mtditcrraneon 

 ■S961 A large and very fine variety of Buccimim calcar.itum, 5. Gualt. ji. F:-^-rnre 

 3^6z The brittle- fpined mamillatcd Echinus imbedded in Chalk, with two of it's 



fpVnes annexed, from Kenf-^vny rare 

 3963 A fine purple ChamaGryphoides, adhering to a MadreporaVirginea-, L. frorti 



the IF. Inditi-^-vcry curious 

 2964 Nine fii'.e fpecimens of Aftcrias, among which arc Ophiura, rubcns, la:vigata, 



pappofa, araneiaca, L. ice. and three varieties of Pennatula 

 2^6 j; Nine "fine Univalves ©fdiiFcrent genera, viz. a pair of Murex perverfuj, two 

 •Femorale, Conus Virgo, a pair of Trochus niloticus, L. Cypraa feriata, (ra- 

 ther a youRg one of Tigris, L.) & nebulofa, S. (a young one of Mauritiana, L.) 

 ■2966 A very magnificent fpecimen of Pinna muricata, L. with a pearl naturally af^ 



fixed, from Sicily 

 2967 Two fine fpecimens of Strombus truncatus, an nndefcribed fpeciesof Z.. ^nv- 

 ing the different Jlagei of grovoth., from the £. Indies, mrt—D'Avilay vol. I* 

 tab. 11.' 14. 

 5968 Forty-fix' cards, containing various fmall fpecies of Buccina, lahelhd 

 2969 Sixteen cardi, including a variety of Haliotis, among which are Afinina, tu- 

 bercul.ata oi China, one figured in Humph, Conch, pi, 9. fig. 5. the fcarlet- 

 ridged, from the Ctpe, and other rare fpecies 

 ?970 A fine tuberculated variety of Turbo farmaticus, Murex melongena, L. Bucci- 

 num gcmellum & fulcofum, 5. a very large Cyprsea vitellus, & Trochus ni^ 

 lotlcVs; L, 



R 1 2971 Fifteen 



