Twenty-eighth Day's Sale. 



THURSDAY THE tsth of MAY, 1786. 



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SHELLS, CORALS, P ETRI FAGTIONS, ISc. ^ V_ 



•INE curious and rare fpecies of Buccina, laleUcd 



A fcarce variety of Helix albumen, or Bull's-eye SnaiK from China-, t;vo 

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

 Fifteen fine Univalves of different genera, among which are Voluta mirra pa- 

 palis, mufica, Conus capitaneus, Figulinus-, Strcmbus tuberculatus, Cyprsa 

 talpa, Mus, &c. 



A large and fine Buccinum galCi, L. from the Mediterranean — — 



A clufter of the Oftrea Rhizophora and fragilis, S. adhering to the wood, in their 



native manner of grovjth 



Forty-one cards of various fpecies of Tellina-, yjiw? r^rrr — labelled — 



A very large aad fine purple variety of Spondylus Gaederopus, L. from the 



Mediterranean 



A large and very fine variety of Buccinuift calcarattim, t^. Gualt. 31. F.^rare 



The bottle fpined mamillated Echinus imbedded in Chalk, with two of it's 

 fpines annexed, from Kent-^very rare 



A fine purple Chama Gryphoides, adhering t^o a Madi'epora Vlrginea, L. from 

 the ludies-^very curious 



Nine fine fpecimens<;f Afterias, among which are Ophiura, rubens, laJvigata^ 

 pappofa, aranciaca, L. Src. and three varieties of Pcnnatiila 



Nine fi»ne Univalves of different genera, viz. a pair of Murex perverfus, two. 

 Femorale, Conus Virgo, a pair of Trochus niloticus, X. Cyprsa feriara, (ra- 

 ther a young one of Tigris,!,.) & nebulofa, 5'. (a young one of Mauritiana, Z».) 



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

 fixed, from Sicily 



Two fine fpecimens of Stroinbus truncatus, an undefcribcd fpecies of L-f^e-iV" 

 ing the different flages of gro'-LVtb, from the E. Indies, rare — D^A-vila, "Jol. I* 

 t-ab. 12. 14* 



Forty-fix cards, containing various fmall fpecies of Buccina, labelled — 



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

 berculata of China, one figured in Humph. Couch. pL 9. fg. 5. the fcarlet- 

 ridged, from the Cape, and other rare fpecies 

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

 num gemellum & fulcofam, 5. a very large Cy^:.rsea vitellus, & Trochus ni- 

 loticus, L. 



R 2 2971 Fifteen 



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