NAJA ELAPS BUNGARUS. 5 
deaths than any other kind, except the Cobra; this is the 
Gedi Paragoodoo of Russell. It is also called Dhomun 
Chiti, in Bengal, &c. : | 
Pseudoboa coerulea, Schneider. 
Boa Krait, Williams. 
“lineata, Shaw. 
Bung. ceeruleus, Dand. 
“  Jividus, Cantor. 
: “  eandidus, Cantor. 
“ ~arcuatus, Dum. and Bib. 
“  lineatus, Giinther. 
Giinther describes three varieties, viz. : 
First Variety—Upper part of a uniform blackish-brown 
(B. lividus; Cantor). In young specimens the head is white, 
with a black line between the occipitals. 
Second Variety—A_ vertebral series of equidistant small 
white spots, from which narrow transverse streaks proceed ; 
upper parts with narrow white streaks in pairs (B. arcuatus). 
The color of the dark parts varies from a steel-blue black to 
a chocolate brown; tongue white; iris black. A common 
species found in the whole of India. Fangs not so long as 
the Cobras, and its poison is less deadly; its length varies 
from 29’’ to 47’. The Krait may be mistaken for the Ly- 
codon Aulicus, an innocuous snake of similar appearance, 
but the former is always darker than the latter, and this 
lacks fangs. | 
N. Elaps Bung. fase.-—This is the Bungarum Pamah of 
Russell, or the Sankni or: Rajsamp of some, also Koclia 
- Krait. 
Bung. annularis, Schleg., Daud. 
“ fasciatus, Cantor. 
Pseudoboa fasciata, Schneider. 
