PLATE CLXV. 



Dr. Solander, who, it is well known to the scientific conchologist, 

 intended to have published a catalogue of that Museum, it appears, 

 on a reference to his posthumous papers, called this species edentula ; 

 a name which, without detracting from the merit of that able naturalist, 

 it must be allowed is by no means applicable. So far from its being 

 destitute of teeth, the series of denticulations are sufficiently visible 

 on the columella ; those on the lip are yet more prominent, and can 

 by no means justify the appellation of edentula. 



Voluta Laevis, for such we have presumed to name this shell, is 

 remarkably glossy, free in a perfect degree from any kind of striae, 

 whitish, and most delicately tinged with pale blushes of red, and 

 yellowish or straw colour. — It has much the habit of a cypraea, and 

 might without any impropriety be arranged under that genus. 



