Thirty-seventh Da.y's Sale. 

 TUESDAY THE 6th of J U N P:, 1786. 



CURIOUS SHELLS, CORALS, &c. 



X.OT 



39+'' OlX beautiful polilhed fpccimens of agatizeJ and jafperized wood, one of them 



^ with a knot in it, rare 



J941 Soleii coinplanatus, S. an undefcribed fpecies, itniqKe, the country un- 



knovvn 



3942 Cancer Scrupofus, ? L. a very fingular and extremely rare Species, the country 



unknown 



3943 Two fine fpecimens of the Conus Rubiginofus, S, extremely fcarcf, the native 



place unknown 



3944 A moft curious and beautiful variety of Strombus Mlllepeda, L. having a fine 



purple raouth, from Coromandel 



3945 Another fpecimcn of the fame, very rich in colour, from the fame place.r— 



N. C. Thefe are the only tTX'ofpecimcns incnvv. 

 39i6 A very curious Foilil Patella, much referabling a Bivalve, filled with flint, 

 found in the Chalk Cliffs between Deal and Dovcri, extremely fcarce 



3947 A fine fpecimen of Area Labiata, &. or valved Ark, called by the French, 



Cbquelochon do Moine, D'avila, Vol. I. /A 18. its country unknown 



3948 A large and fine MytDus Plicatus, 5. a very rare frefh water ilicll, with a pearly, 



infidc, from China 



3949 The Jtfuit's Cap Aflerias, from the Eafi-Indies, extremely fcarce 



395Q Voluta jEthiopica, Z.. of extraordinary magnitude, being 15 inches loag, from 

 Jlmiqytia, rare 



3951 A fine fpecimcn of Gorgonia Flammea, or Fiery Red Gorgon, from the Ca/,e 



ef Good Hope, very rare. — Ellh Zooph. tab. 1 1 . 



3952 A large and fine fpecimen of an undefcribed fpecies of Strombus, from whence 



unknown, unique 



3953 A glazed frame, containing a fpecimen of a curious fpecies, of Encrinus, with. 



feathered Tentacula, and a Idng angulated ftera, btfet with many clafpers, 

 filhcd up off the ifland of Barbadoes. Of this extremely rare animal, only 

 three fpecimens are known ; the firft is defcribed in the Memoirs of the 

 Academy of Sciences at Paris, publirtied in 1761, for the year 175^, An 

 account, with a figure of the fecond, is given by Mr. Ellis, in the Philofo- 

 j)hical Tranfadions, Vol. 53, for the year 1761, and which is now in the 

 Hunterian Mufeum. This fpecimen makes the third, which, though not 

 complete enough to give an idea of the whole animal, is more perfcdt than 

 the other two. It is called b> Mr. Ellis, Encrinus capite Jlellato ramojct 

 dichotomo, Jiipite penta^eno equlfetiformi 



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