10 Discussion on Mr. Bayne's paper. [Jak,, 



Mr. Bayne, in reply to the remarks made by the Chairman and Mr. 

 Blanford, regretted that Dr. Busteed had not been in Calcutta when he 

 prepared his paper, knowing the interest he had taken in the subject 

 matter. With reference to Dr. Busteed's conjecture in his " Echoes of 

 Old Calcutta" as to the arcade and arches in the post office compound, Mr, 

 Bayne felt certain that they had never been inside the Fort but lay out- 

 side. The Piazza referred to by Holwell was one contiguous to, and he 

 thought formed part of, the Governor's House. Some information ought 

 to be found during the laying of the 10 in. pipe through the Custom House 

 compound shortly to be taken in hand. Mr. Bayne conjectured it 

 would pass through the east entrance p:ate of the Fort : if not through the 

 gate, it would go through the E. and W. curtains and across the founda- 

 tions of the Governor's House. He hoped the results of these excava- 

 tions would be watched and recorded. He regretted that absence from 

 Calcutta during the next three months would prevent him undertaking 

 the record and watching of tlie work. With reference to the Chair 

 man's remarks about appealing to the Lieut-Governor of Bengal, he hoped 

 no time would be lost in the application. If the house in which the 

 Post Master is living is to be demolished, here again record should be kept 

 as the S. W. Bastion will be found there. Mr. Bayne expressed his 

 •willingness to undertake the search for a few more records of the old fort, 

 in fact he hoped it might be entrusted to him to enable him to complete 

 his record of the old Fort for the papers of this Society. 



2, A new species of Hipparcliia (Lepidoptera Rhopaloeera) from the 



JV. W. Himalayas. — ^yMAJOE G. F. L. Makshall, R. E. 



(Abstract.) 



The author describes a new species of Hipparchia which was found by 



Major J. Biddulph on the Shandur Plateau in Northern Kashmir. Only 



two specimens were taken, both females. This makes the tenth species oi 



the genus known to occur in the N, W. Himalayas ; and, strangely enough, 



in four cases out of the 10 only the females are known, and in a fifth the 



male has only recently been discovered. Major Marshall has given the 



name of Hipparchia digna to this species. 



This paper will be published in the Journal, Part II. 



3. Notes on and drawings of the Animals of various Indian Land Mollus- 

 ca (Pulmonifera). — By Lieut. -Col. H. H. Godwin- Austen, F. R. S., 

 F. Z. S. 



(Abstract.) 

 This is the second paper of a series intended to illustrate plates of 



various land MoUusca of India prepared from the valuable original draw- 



