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Twenty-eighth Day's Sale. 

 TH U R S D AY THE 25th OF M AY, 1785. 



SHELLS, CORALS, P E t R I FJ CT 1 N S, tfc. 



Lot 



29^4 T^TlNE curious and rare fpecics of Buccinaj /^7^t7/if.7 



295^ JL^ A fcarce variety of Helix albumen, or Bull's-eye Snail, from Ch'uia, twd 

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



2956 Fifteen fine Univalves of different gener:ij among which arc Voluta mitra pa- 



palis, mufica, Conus capitancus, Figulinus, Strombus tuberculatus, Cypraea 

 talpn, Mus, &c. 



2957 A large and fine Buccinum g.'Iei, L. from the MeJilcrrartran 



2958 .A clufter of the Oftrea Rhizophora and fragilis, 6". adhcr'mg to the •zi'ood, in their 



native maimer of gro'Mtb 

 29^9 Forty-one cards of various fpecics of Tellina,y2'/w rare— labelled 

 2960 A very large and fine purple variety of Spondylus Giederopus, L. fiom the 



Mediterranean 



5961 A large and very fine variety of Buccinum calcaratum, 5. Gualt. 31. F.—-rare 

 2i.)6z The bottle- fpined mamillatcd Echinus imbedded in Chalk, with two of it's 

 fpines annexed, from Kent^very rare 



2963 A fine purple Chama Gryphoides, adhering to a Madrepora Virginea, L. from 



the ir. Lidies — -very curiaus .. . _ , _ 



2964 Nine fine fpecimens of Afteriasj among which are Ophiura, rubens, lievigata, 



pappofa, aranciaca, L. &c. and three varieties of Pennatula 

 296_J Nine fine Univalves of difiercnt genera, viz. a pair of IMurex perverlus, two 

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

 ther a young one of Tigris, L.) h nebulofa,5. (a young one of INLauritiana, L.) 



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



fixed, from SicHy 



2967 Two fine fpecimens of Strombus truncatus, an undefcribed fpccies of L. fyeiv 



i.'ig the different flagcs of growtl', from the E. Indies, rare — D^Avila, vol. I« 

 tab. 12. 14. 



296R Forty-fix cards, containing varioiis fmall fpecies of Bucclna, labelled 



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



berculata of China, one figured in Ihiwph. Conch, pi. 9. fig. 5, the fcarlet- 

 ridged, from the Cape, and other rare fpecies 



2970 A fine tubcrculated variety of Turbo farmaticus, Murex melongena, L. Bucci- 



num gcmellum & fulcofum, 5". a very large Cypr£Ea vitcllus, & Trochus ni- 

 loiicu::., I,, 



R 2 2971 Fifteen 



