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groove, which is the seam marking the spot where the circiimflexed 

 walls of the canal have become blended. 



The maxilla has two moderate tnbnlar tangs placed anteriorly side 

 by side (unless one has been shed). These are grooved on their 

 anterior faces. Behind these are (3 or 4) small subequal teeth, which 

 are grooved on their outer faces. Palato-pterygoid 12 + 11 or 12, 

 small, subequal, grooved on their inner faces. Mandibular 16 or 17, 

 small, subequal, and grooved on their outer faces. It will be noticed 

 in each case that the grooves are on the face opposite to the side 

 occupied by the sac or tract, as the case may be, from which the 

 fang or teeth are produced. 



Bungariis lividus (Cantor). 



I had one specimen sent to me from Bindukuri near Tezpur 

 by Mr. A. E. Lloyd. This is much the largest specimen I have 

 ever seen measuring 3 feet 2 inches, the tail 3f inches. The ven- 

 trals and subcaudals were 215 + 37. The vertebrals were but 

 slightly enlarged, the length at midbody distinctly exceeding the 

 breadth. Mr. Lloyd told me he had had the specimen some 12 

 years, hoping some day to meet some one who could tell him what it 

 •was. It had bitten a cooly woman on his Estate at about 10 o'clock 

 one night whilst she sat under the eaves of the verandah of her hut 

 eating her evening meal. She was conscious the next morning, and 

 spoke in answer to the questions put to her concerning her accident. 

 She died some time during that day, the hour he does not remember. 

 Unfortunately no records of her case were available after this long- 

 lapse of time.* (Compare the Vertebrals in fig. i) of onr plate with 

 those of B. niger in figure 7). 



Bungarus niger (spec, nov.) 



(Figs. 4 to 7 of Plate.) 

 I have already referred to this Krait as a definite and valid species 

 apart from lividus,f but as yet have not published a description in 

 detail. I collected i) specimens, 7 in Dibrugarh,.! from Sadiya, and 

 one from Jaipur. 



* I may here record the receipt of a specimen of this Krait from Jalpaiguri from 

 Mr. Jacob, l.t .S., since this locality is zoologically part of the Brahmaputra Valley. This 

 specimen was a young one measuring 1 foot 1^ inches. The centrals and subcaudals were 

 212+39 The vertebrals were but feebly enlarged. 



t Poisonous Terrestrial Snakes of our British Indian Dominions, 1908, pp. vii and I'J. 



