A catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Dutchess Dowager of Portland, deceased: which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Skinner and Co. on Monday the 24th of April, 1786 ... at her late dwelling-house, in Privy-garden, Whitehall / [by the Rev. J. Lightfoot].

Date:: 1786

Credit: A catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Dutchess Dowager of Portland, deceased: which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Skinner and Co. on Monday the 24th of April, 1786 ... at her late dwelling-house, in Privy-garden, Whitehall / [by the Rev. J. Lightfoot]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$Two fine Belemnitcs, another with it's alveolus, a ftarce Anom'ia, twO'Anvmo». nites, aBalanus, and 2 other curious petrifailions 2068 A fine Cancer Ruricola, L. or I>and Crab from Jamaica—‘rare 2069 Fifteen cards, containing a variety of Univalves of various genera,yowe of then* rare, among which are Bulla lignaria, Murex ramofus, TrocHus niloticus, L. ^''oluta Pepo, 5. Stc. 2070 Six curions Bivalves from the ]\Iedltcrrancan, viz. Cardium aculeatum, L. PIc- beium, S. Venus chione, Area glycymeris, Ollrea Jacobaia, & Pinna no- bilis, L. 20JI Thirty-two cards, containing various fpecies of terreiirial. and aquatic fliells, chiefly of the Turbo genus 2072 Two fine mamillated Echini, one of them with it’s fpincs, and two other fine fpecies ot Echini, viz. Lacunofus and efculentus, L. 2073 Twenty-five cards,, containing various fpecies of Voluta, fome of tl>ein rare— lab: lied 2074 Nine cards, containing ten curious fpecimens of. Venus, viz. three varieties of Literata,. one of Cafirenfis, Virginea, meretrix, Penfylvanica, feripta, Z,, Procera, S. See. 207^ A large and fine fpecimen of a fcarce variety of Mytilus hirundo, L. from Full/ Condore 2076 Pholas Dadlylus and Striatus, Z,,. the latter in =i»ood, and Pholas Hlans, S. all fine GUM- COPAL and AM B E R inclofiag INSECTS. - 2077 A curious fpecimen of Gum Copal with Infetlds 2078 A red and yellow fpecimen of Gum Copal, with a Formica and other Infe£ls in it 2079 A large and fine fpecimen.of Gum Copal,.with various Ihfefts in it 2080 Amber from the Coaft of and four other fpecimens of ditto, three ofl them with Infedls. 2081 A fine clear fpecimen of Gum Copal, with-Infefts inclofed- 20S2 Another, inclofing a fhell, very curious BRITISH AND EXOTIC INSECTS. 2083 Seven curious fpecies of Cailida, from Africa and Cayenne—niofi of them non* defeript 2084 A fine pair of Phalaena Paphia, Z,. ^vom New7''ork—rare 2085 Five curious and rare fpecies of Mantis, from Africa and the E. Indies 2086 Two large. Sphinges, 6 PhalenaE,.and two Papiliones, in fine prefcvatiati and very' beautiful, from Nc'co Tork 2087 Thirty-two fine Infeds of the Hymenoptera clafs, chiefly from Africa—fome- of them rare 2088 Twenty-four beautiful Papiliones, mofl of them from North-America 2089, h.$