THE OOLOGIST. 



Shells. &c. 



The following Shells are all very fine and Showy, all are cleaned and many highly 

 polished, and are sold at wholesale at the prices we are offering them. 



Chinese Pearl Snail $0.35 to $1.50 

 Banded Snail 40 



Blotched Snail 40 



Trochus (Top) 25 



Spider 25 



Harp 25 " 75 



Hahotis 05 " 15 



Small Ear 06 



Strombus 10 



East India Clam 25 "2 00 



" FurbloClam.. . 40 



Scorpion 50 " 75 



Melon 25 " 50 



TurksCap 15 " 30 



Goldmouth 15 



" Pearl Trocus.. .25 " 50 



Cone 10 " 25 



Virgin Cone 25 " 60 



Mitre 10 " 25 



East India Marlinspike.. 20 " 35 



" Tiger Cowry 10 



New Zealand White Ear 75 " 1 25 



New Zealand Green Ear 50 " 1 00 



Japan Black Ear 50 " 75 



Haliotus 15 



California Red Ear (Abalone) l 50 



Same in rough 25 " 75 



Panama Black Murex ... 30 " 75 



Rose Murex 25 " 50 



PlnkMurex 75 



Bahama Black Helmet. 50 



West India Conch 15 " 50 



Florida, Strombus 05 " 15 



Florida Ohve Shell (Key) 10 



Florida Fasciolaria 05 " 10 



" Pyrula 05 " 10 



'• Murex 05 " 15 



" Fiddle head.... 05 " 10 



•■ Bloody Tooth.. 03 " 10 



Zanzibar Cameo 25 " 50 



" Tritons 75 "300 



'lagpie Trochus " 20 



Engraved Cameo 15C 



Motto Cowry.. 25 



(Lords' Prayer) 



Snail 125 



Engraved (Lords'Pray- 



er) Trochus 100 



Engraved (Lords' Pray- 

 er) Cowry 50 



We can put up an assortment 

 of large showy shells, at from 

 81.00 to $25.00; they will retail at 

 twice these prices. 



FLORIDA SHELLS. 



Fine live specimens carefully 

 prepared. 



Oliva literata 05 to 15 



cardium magnum 25 " 50 



Murex capucencins 10 



( 'alista giganta 25 



Cardium isccardia 10 " 15 



conus leonensis 1C " 15 



Fasciolaria distans 10 



Dosina discus 10 " 15 



Sycotypus papyracus. . . 15 



chama arcanella 10 



Uplura Tampiensis 07 " 15 



(ilaudina parallella 10 " 15 



Neritapeleronta...,....05 " 10 



1 J holas costatus 25 " 50 



Volutajunona 2 00 "5 00 



Smaller Shells. 

 Cowry Shells, assorted includ- 

 ing Cyprwa Moneta, Lynx, Ar- 

 uOrica, Panifterina, Helvetia, 



Caput-serpenlis, etc., each 2 to 5 



cts.; per doz. 5 to 30 cts.; per 100 



$100. 



Venetian Snail, doz. 05 to $0 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 15 

 25 

 10 

 02 



Black Snail 



Ohve 



" 05 

 " 05 



" 10 





" 05 





" 05 



Guinea Peas 





MARINE CURIOSITIES. 



Corals. 



Organ Pipe $0 05to$050 



Black, Africa 05 " 25 



Branching, very fine 



large clusters 150 "300 



" small spec 05 " 50 



Pink, from Coraline 

 Isles. This lace like 

 coral is quite expen- 

 sive, rare, and beau- 

 tiful; our supply is 

 limited; fine sprays 03 "5 00 



Red, Sandwich Isles, 

 veryfine 05 "500 



Many species coral 

 not on list 10 "5 00 



Sea Fans 10 " 75 



Sea Fans, Africa Red 25 " 75 

 " White 23 " 5n 



Flexible Coral. Africa 05 " 50 



Coraline, Florida 10 



Africa 10 " 50 



Purple Sea Ferns 25 "100 



Sponges. A large as- 

 sortment of curious 

 forms and species.. 10 " 25 



Venus coral or Glass 

 Sponge 100 "150 



Sea Urchins, Atlantic 03 " 10 

 Pacific.. 05 " 10 

 large 

 white Bahamas 15 " 25 



Sea Urchins, Mam- 

 moth purple, Pa chic 75 



Sea Urchins, (Sand 

 Dollars) 03 " 10 



K ey-hole Urchin 25 



Starfish, common At- 

 lantic 03 " 25 



Starfish, the largest & 

 finest we ever saw, 

 some measuring 16 

 in. diam. and 4 in. 

 through 75 "100 



Skate Eggs 05 



Shark Eggs 15 



Devil fish Eggs 20 



Alligator Eggs 20 



Teeth 10 " 25 



Barnacles, from the 

 Pacific, very fine 

 and curious 05 "25 



Lucky tooth from Cod- 

 fish 08 



Cards of Marine Al- 

 gaasa, Atlantic, ea. C8doz. 75 



Sawfish Saws 6 in. to 

 14 in. long very fine 

 and perfect 50 "100 



Sword fish Swords 30 

 in. long 150 "250 



Mammoth Alligator 

 Heads prepared. ... 5 00 " 20 oo 



Sea Oats, Florida.... 15 " 25 



Egg Case of Peri- 

 winkle 50 



Miscellaneous Curiosities. 



Brazil Nut Pods 40 " 7 ~> 



Vegetable Ivory Ap- 

 ples 35 " 75 



Beetle Nuts. New 

 Zealand 10 



1000 mixed Foreign 

 Stamps 20 



100 Foreign Stamps, 

 all different, 15 



Chinese coins 5, 3var.forlo 



JapaneseCoins. oblong 





15 



Bark from Cork Tree 







in natural state 



io 



' 2 00 



Bark from the "Big 







trees'' of Cala 



10 



" 25 



Cone from Cala. "Big 







trees" 





20 



Resurrection Plant 







from Mexico, when 







placed in water will 







unfold and assume 







a beautiful green.. . 





15 



Tarantulas, dried 



25 



" 75 



Buffalo Horns, pol- 









.00 



"300 



Nestof Tarantula or 







Trap Door Spider 









50 



'■ 75 



Shavings of a Meteor 







which fell at Coha- 







huila, N.M 



10 



" 25 



FOSSILS. 







Shark Teeth, S. <J 



05 



" 25 



Mazon Creek Fossd 









05 



" 50 



Other Mazon Creek 









o-; 



03 



' 50 



Crinoid stems, Tenn. 



" 10 



" " Craw- 







fordsville, Ind., the 







finest in the world 



05 



" 20 





05 



"100 



"Petoskey" Agates 







very fine when pol- 









15 



' 2) 





05 



" 5 J 



Tribolites 40 



Ammonites 75 



Bacculites 25 



V Nickels, 1883, with- 

 out the word cents, 

 fresh from mint, 

 never in circulation 



15 



MINERAL NOVELTIES. 



Satin Spar Eggs 75 



Amber containing insects 

 incrusted 1 00 



Geodes of Chalcedony from 

 the old dead coral beds on' South 

 West Florida. Every Collector 

 should have a specimen, we can 

 furnish them from 10 to 2 00 



"Electric Stone" a variety Of 

 Tremolitt so highly charged with 

 phosphoric acid, as to emit 

 bright and peculiar lights, Fine 

 specimens 10 to 50 



Address everything to 



FRANK H. LATTIN, 



Alhion, N. Y. 



