266 JOURNAL. BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Vol. XIX. 



No. XXIV.— A NEW COLOUR VARIETY OF MACCLELLAND'S CORAL 



SNAKE {CALLOPHIS MACCLELLANDI) AND EXTENSION 



OF THE HABITAT OF THIS SPECIES. 



Mr. Millard has submitted to me a very interesting specimen of this snake 

 from Kasauli. Hitherto the species has only been known from the Eastern 

 part of the Himalayas. 



It constitutes a very distinct colour variety for which I propose the name 

 nigriventer. It differs from iinivirgatu^, the variety peculiar to the Eastern 

 Himalayas, in having no trace of black rings, except on the tail where there 

 are three, each being wholly imperfect on the left side. Further there is a 

 continuous broad black irregularly outlined band, running down the middle of 

 the belly. The snake is otherwise exactly similar to univirgatus in colour and 

 lepidosis. The ventrals are 232, and the subcaudals 28. 



F. WALL, p.M.z.?;., Majoe, t.m.p. 



DTBRUGARn. As«AM. \Uli Octoher 1008. 



No. XXV.— NOTES ON TWO CASUALTIES FROM THE 

 SAWSCALED VIPER (ECHIS CARINA TA ). 



Case 1. 



Thanks to letters from Colonel Russell, R.A.M.C., and Mr. C. A. Owen, 

 I am able to put on record an instructive case of Echis toxDemia which ended 

 fatally. 



The bitten subject was a muscular male European, aged 47, total abstainer, 

 and non-smoker, and in excellent health. He was bitten at 10 a. m. on the 

 15th August 1908 at Rawal Pindi, wounds being inflicted on the fingers and 

 back of the right hand and the back of the left hand. He went " at once " to 

 the Station Hospital where the wounds were " freely incised " and crystals of 

 permanganaie of potash then rubbed in. Antivenene was then injected 

 subcutaneously. He had no symptoms that day up till 5 p.m. when he left 

 Hospital at his own request. 



On the 16th at 6 p.m. his wounds began to bleed spontaneously, and he dis- 

 charged blood in his urine, and by the bowel. 



He was readmitted into the Station Hospital where his pulse, respiration, 

 and temperature were found to be normal. His tongue however was swollen 

 and discoloured, and his right arm too up to the shoulder. He passed blood in 

 his urine, and also from the bowel. He was given internally Calcium Chloride. 

 Adrenalin Chloride, and Ergot. 



On the 19th he had severe vomiting necessitating feeding, and medication by 

 the bowel, but his bleedings had reduced, and his general state was reported 

 quite good. He complained only of pain in his hands. 



He continued to improve, and the bleeding diminished until the 21st (the 7th 

 day after the bites) no blood appearing then in the stools. At 4 p.m. that day 

 however he suddenly collapsed, became delirious, and then comatose. He was 



