214 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [August, 1905. 
early in 1896. It must, therefore, have lived in captivity for nine 
years. The Giant Krait, as this species may be called, has hither- 
been recorded only from Sind, but probably occurs, somewhat 
sparingly, all over northern India. 
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