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Especially abundant on the Corouiandel Coast, in Bengal, and in 

 Burma. In the North-west Provinces of India it is known as the 

 Koclia-Krait . Its bite is very serious, but does not cause nearly so 

 many fatalities as that of the Cobra, since its fangs are smaller. 



Dogs bitten by B. fascia fiif; die in from four to five hours. 



Fig. 24. — Buncjariis fasciahis (India). (After Sir Joseph Fay rer.) 



2. B. candid lis. 



Blackish-brown or bluish, with narrow transverse white streaks, 

 or small white spots, or alternate rings of yellow and dark brown ; 

 belly 'white. Smaller than the foregoing, scarcely exceeding 1,000 

 miUimetres in length. It is known as the " Krait " in India, where, 



