68 JOURNAL. BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Vol. XVII. 



Bungarus sindanus — The Sind Krait. 



Called by the natives of Upper Sind " Pee-un". 



Identification. — This is the only one of the group that has the scales 

 over the back in 17 (or 19) rows. 



Supplementary characters. — The vertebrals are about as broad as 

 long in the middle of the body. The subcaudals are sometimes divided 

 towards the tip of the tail (as in fig. 9 C). 



Distribution. — Peculiar to Sind, where it is reported to be common 

 in the upper part of that region. 



Poison. — Nothing known. 



Dimensions. — Grows to 6 feet. 



Colour. — Black with white cross bars most evident posteriorly. It is 

 exactly like the common krait, B. candidus, its chief distinction being 

 in the number of the scales across the body. 



Group 3 — Cobras and Coral Snakes. || 



Identification. — (1) Tail round. (2) The 3rd supralabial shield 

 touches the nasal, and the eye (see fig. 12).* 



Fig. 1?.— Naia tripudians (X 1£). 

 This second feature alone separates the members of this group from 

 all other snakes. The group comprises 5 genera, and includes 10 

 species. 



|| The name cora! snake is applie.l to a South American poisonous species, Elaps corcdlinus. 

 I use the title here for those snakes which are allied to the above and to which I think the 

 term singularly appropriate, sines most of them have bellies adorned with a most beautiful 

 colouring resembling pink coral. This, however, disappears after a day or twu's immersion in 

 spirit. 



* I am only aware of one harmless snake in which the 3rd supralabial touches the nasal 

 shield, viz., Xenopeltls unicolor, and in this case it fails to touch the eye. (See fig. 13.) 



