3d 
3 io 3 M ix. niagnifica ; the imperial volute ; the orange flag 
V ° lute > &C » 
TABLE Bivalves. 
1 . „ . 
(Blv. 5.) The Chinese heart-cockle; the 
yellow heart-cockle ; the red anomia, &c. 
( Div. 6.) The mother-of-pearl shell, in it! 
young or small state; the hound’s-ear oyster* 
the cock’s-comb oyster; many beautiful shells 
of the scallop kind. 
(Blv. 7 ) Several varieties of the fed and 
white thorny oystefs; tellinae, &‘c'. , 
Multivalves . 
Among the most remarkable of these are th®. 
barnacle^hells, some of which 'often adhere to 
the bottoms of ships and to other substances t 
one of the most elegant species occurs in this 
collection, forming a group of numerous indivi¬ 
duals intermixed with small muscles, and is cal¬ 
led the horn of plenty barnacle. Or Lepus cornu¬ 
copia. 
(Div. 8.) Various beautiful specimens of 
corals, echini, &.c.; a pink pearl; a Medusa’s 
head, and other star-fish, &c. 
It is here to be observed, that the more general 
and scientific, but less Splendid collection of shells 
belonging to the Museum, is deposited hi drawers 
in the imposts round the room. 
This 
