VENOMS 
bo 
Especially abundant on the Coromandel Coast, in Bengal, and in 
In the North-west Provinces of India it is known as the 
Burma. 
Its bite is very serious, but does not cause nearly so 
Koclia-Krait. 
many fatalities as that of the Cobra, since its fangs are smaller. 
Dogs bitten by B. fasciatus die in from four to five hours. 
(After Sir Joseph Fayrer.) 
Fic. 24.—Bungarus fasciatus (India). 
2. B. candidus. 
Blackish-brown or bluish, with narrow transverse white streaks, 
or small white spots, or alternate rings of yellow and dark brown ; 
Smaller than the foregoing, scarcely exceeding 1,000 
belly white. 
It is known as the “ Krait”’ in India, where, 
millimetres in length. 
