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age, Vol. L page 182. fpeaks of one of thefe 

 tiiells found near Panama on the Darien Ifthmus ; 

 and Janus Plancus, or Giovanni Bianchi, in his 

 work on fhells ? mentions the Turbo fcalaris Lin. 

 or Wendeltrap, as affording the violet purple 

 of the Romans. 



24. Defcriptipns and drawings of the animals 

 or polypes inhabiting the various corals, coral- 

 lines^ fporiges, Echini or fea-eggs, Afterise or 

 ftar fifli, Sepiae or cuttle filh, Holothurias or 

 fea riettles; and all the various moilufca, and 

 the polypes of the Tubipores, Madrepores, 

 Millepdres, Cellepores, &c. deferve the atten- 

 tion of a natural hiftorian, as but few of them 

 are well defcribed or known. 



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