1885.] Ja^panese Mollusca and Fatehpur Antiquities. 73 



when the ground is grassy and the air clear. The great excess of ob- 

 served radiation in 1878 over any other year in the series is probably 

 for the most part due to the dryness of that year. The question can 

 only be satisfactorily solved by continuous records of some form of 

 actinometer designed to receive parallel rays. 



As regards atmospheric absorption the conclusions of the previous 

 paper are generally confirmed, but the diathermancy of dry air is shown 

 to be probably not quite so great as was supposed. 



The paper will be printed in the Journal, Part II. 



2. Notes on Japanese Land and Fresh Water Mollusca. — By 0. F. 

 VON MoLLENDOEF, Ph. D. Communicated hy the Natural History 

 Secretary. 



(Abstract.) 



These notes are based chiefly upon a collection formed during the 

 year 1884 by Dr. J. Anderson, P. R. S., and forwarded by him for 

 classification to Dr. Hungerf ord and the author, who takes the opportu- 

 nity to publish descriptions of some new species formerly discovered by 

 Messrs. Hungerf ord and Eastlake, and to make some correction in his 

 former paper on Japanese Glausiliae published in the Journal of this 

 Society for 1882. 



The paper contains notices of 42 species, of which 1 Nanina, 2 

 Bulimini, 3 Glausiliae, and 1 Bipilommatina are considered to be new to 

 science. It will be published in the Journal, Part II, '^o. 1 for the 

 current year. 



3. Illustrations of local architecture in the Fatehpur Bistrict, 

 N. W. F.—By F. S. Growse, M. A., C. I. E. 



(Abstract.) 



The district was rich in temples of the same style as those in Bun- 

 delkhand in the century preceding the Muhammadan conquest. Those 

 built of stone have mostly been destroyed, and fragments of their 

 ruins may be seen lying about the caves or built into the walls of colleges. 

 Two temples of brick are still standing. The larger of these at a place 

 called Tinduli has recently been repaired out of a grant made by Govern- 

 ment at the instance of the writer. The other is susceptible of repair at 

 slight expense. 



There is also a large building in the town of Khajuha consisting 

 of a large walled garden known as the Badshahi Bagh, a masonry tank, 

 and a fortified Sarai. It was erected by the Emperor Aurangzeb in 

 1659 to commemorate his victory over his brother Shuja'a in a battle 

 fought in the neighbourhood. The works, of which a full description is 

 given, are on a very grand scale, but the execution seems to have been 

 hasty, and there is not much delicacy in the details. 



