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The snake is further interesting, in that it bit a cooly in the ankle, and 

 caused his death 12 hours later, a remarkably brief interval for a fatality 

 ill this species. 



F. WALL, C.M.Z.S., r.L.s., 



Major, i.m.s, 

 Almoka, 4i7t July 1914. 



No. XXXVII.— RECOVERY FROM BITE OF ECHIS CABIN AT A. 



A large snake bit a native plough-boy in my presence making two distinct 

 punctures on his ankle. I bound a puggri round the boy's leg as a ligature 

 and sent him to my Veterinary Hospital which was only a few hundred 

 yards off, where the wounds were treated with Pot. Permanganate. 



Later my head blacksmith, who is the local snake doctor, gave the boy 

 medicine (the root of some tree, dried, rubbed into a powder and mixed 

 with water). 



The boy, while under my treatment, expected to die at any minute, but 

 immediately after swallowing the local decoction he declared himself 

 much better. 



He was bitten on the 20th, and except foT a local swelling is all right 

 now. He never showed any symptoms of any systemic disturbance. 



I daresay the snake was harmless, as I know nothing of snakes. The 

 natives give the snake a fairly bad reputation, but they always say practi- 

 cally all snakes are poisonous, so that does not go far much. 



HissAR, Punjab, R. BllANFORD, 



24a August 1914. 



[The snake sent for identification proved to be a large specimen of Echis carinata . 

 measuring 22j inches in length — Eds.] 



No. XXXVIII.— A GBAYIJ) LACHESIS GRAMINEUS. 



I have lately received from the Andamans a specimen of this viper, killed 

 at the latter end of May or early June, which contained twelve young 

 apparently ready for discharge. The parent measured 2 feet 6 inches. 

 Many of the young had been extracted, but three remained for me to 

 examine. A J measured 7f inches, and two $ 5 were both 7f inches 

 long. In the parent the scale rows were 23 anteriorly and in midbody 17 

 behind. In the c? foetus they were 21 in midbody and in both 5 $ 23. The 

 parent was almost uniform pale-brownish in colour, with indistinct greenish 

 bars posteriorly. Foetuses were dark-greenish with irregular light-brownish 

 bands, most conspicuous posteriorly and a series of irregular white marks in 

 the flanks. 



F. WALL, c.M.z.s., F.L.S., 



Major, i.m.s. 

 Almora, ith July 1914. 



No. XXXIX.— HABITS OF THE MASON-WASP. 



A mason wasp built 5 cells in my box which she had closed and was at 

 work on the 6th I removed them, in doing so I broke one and out of curio- 

 sity counted the number of small grey spiders it contained, there were 98 ! 

 Unfortunately I had thrown away the other cells before counting the 

 spiders, I ut imagine the labour not to mention the ''death-roll" among 



