58 JOURNAL, NATURAL HIST. SOCIETY OF SIAM. Vol. I. 
Details of 7 specimens as follows :— 
CosTaLs 
Locality 
Total length 
before vent. 
Ventrals 
Subcaudals. 
behind head. 
2 heads-lengths 
2 heads-lengths 
| S| | | — hs] — 
1. | Bangtaphan 23. 
2. "3 23. 
3. H, 23. 
4. a 21 
5. | Nong Kai Ploi 22. 
6. iy 21 
7. | Kumpawapi 21. 
Their markings show but little variation. Above, they are 
light or dark brown in color, with a faint pinkish tinge, and mottled 
and clouded in varying degrees with darker. The vertebral line, and . 
the large triangular spots on either side of it, so characteristic of this 
snake are, in the majority, jet black (instead of dark brown) and 
have, when the snake has just cast its skin, a handsome, velvet-like 
appearance. 
At Bangtaphan this snake is known as ‘‘ngu maaw sao,” and at 
Nong Kai Ploias “ngu kaba.” The former title may, however, be 
given to any snake with large prominent spots upon the body. 
MALCOLM SMITH. 
January 31, 1914, 
No X.—LARGE BANDED KRAIT. 
An unusually large specimen of the Banded Krait (Bungarus 
fasciatus) was recently killed in the compound of the Bangkok Nursing 
Home. It was trodden upon by the house coolie when going out to 
fetch water after dark, and was promptly dispatched by the remainder 
of the staff, who came to his assistance. The enlarged tip of the tail 
was unfortunately missing, but allowing 20 mm. for this, it measured, 
without stretching, 2,020 mm, (6 ft. 74 in.) in total length, the tail 
