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{oligozonat.us) and the krait so striking that I have been v6iy much 

 on my guard in handling it. Onc3 grasped^ and its, movements (jon- 

 trolled aU doubts are set, at rest at a glanca. The rese.mbl^inces,, and 

 differences affect the very points detailed, under Lyaodon stria,tus-. 



The Iridescent Earth-snake only resembles the krait [B. ccBruIeus) 

 in being a glossy, black.. It should never be confused with this snake 

 though for the black is uniform. There might be ;3ome justifi edition 

 for its confusion with the black kraits {lividus and nitfer), but it only 

 occurs in a geographical 'area quite distinct from that of these: tw,o 

 kraits which, are only known from the Brahmaputra Basing and the 

 low hills in nnd around it. The absence of enlarged .vertebrals, and 

 the divided 'condition of the subcaudal' shields are each sufficient to 

 ilegative confusion within v krait. 



{To he.cont'nmed). 



