Thirty-seventh Day's Sale. 



TUESDAY THE 6th of JUNE, 1785. 



• CURIOUS S H E L L S,, C O R A L S, &c. 



V^e-rvv-*— 3940 Q'lX beautiful polifhed fpecimens of agauzed and jafperiz-ed wood, one of them 

 ' with a knot ia it, rare 



^''Cc^^.^.^^yt/Myijti,^ ';)'^^'^ Soldi complanatus, an undefcribed fpccies, 7iinque, the country un- 

 ' i^"^ known 

 " J94.2 Cancer Scrupofus, ? L. a very fingular and extremely rare Species, the countr}- 



unknown 



'pT^rt'^ 3943 Two fine fpecimens of the Conus Rubi;^inofus, S. extremely fcarce^ the native 



place unknov/n 



<'^~^cv>t.'^^-^-t^ 5944 ^ vcio^ curious and beautiful variety of Strombus Mlllepeda, having a fine 



purple mouth, from Coroma>uleI 

 Cy {yCo^ 3945 Another fjiecinit'n of the fame, very rich in colour,, from the fame place, — 

 N. B. 'Thtfc are the only tixw fficcbncris kno-vn. 

 i^It-vt,^^ 39t^ ^ ^'-''y curiou3 Foliil Patella, much refembling a Bivalve, filled with flintj 

 1, found in the Chalk Cliffs between Deal and Dover-, extrem-:l\ jlarce 



<^~^yl^^ / .-^ ' 3947 A. fine fpccimen of Area Labiata, S. or valvcd Ark, c.illcd by the French, 



Coq.uelochon de Moine, i)'*?!;//;?, Vol. J. i8, its country unknown 

 ^ 3948 A large and fine Mytilus Plicatus, S. a very rare fiefh water ftell, with a pearly 



1 inlide, from China 



3949 The Jtfuit's Cap Afterias, {rem the EaJI- In/iies, extremeh fcarcc • — • 



3950 Voluta iEihiopica, Z,. of extraordinary magnitude, being 15 inches long, ftom 

 % ■ . Amhcyna, rare 



3951 A fine fpecimen of Gorgonia Fb-mmea, or Fiery Red Gorgon, from the C.ajte 

 ' of Good Hop?, very rare.— EUii Znoph, tab, \x. 



395:2 A large and fine fpecimen of an undefcribed fpccies of Strombus, from whence 

 unknown, unique 



3953 A glazed frame, containing a fpecimen of a curious fpccies of Kncrinus, with 

 feathered TenEacubi, and a long angulatcd item, befet with many clafpcrs, 

 fifhed up off the ifland of I'jarbadoes, Gf this -exrremely rare ani;nal, onlv 

 three fjiecinKns are known ; the firft is defcribcd in the Memoirs of ilie 

 Academy of Sciences at Paris, jjubliflied in 1761, for the year 17;^. An 

 recount, v/nh a figure of the feccnd, is given by Mr. FlUis, in the Pliilufo- 

 phical Traufacflons, 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 perfect than 

 the other two. It is called b> Mr. Ellis, Ejurinus -eapite Jidlato ramofu- 

 dich:)tomo, Jliiitc pciitagcno eiiu'ft tiform: 



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