214 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [ August, 1995. 
A specimen 645 inches long has lately been sent to the 
Museum from the Zoological Garden, Alipore. The Superintend- 
ent of the Gardens tells me that it was captured at Midnapore, 
Lower Bengal, by a reliable collector and arrived at the Gardens 
early in 1896, It must, therefore, have lived in captivity for nine 
years. The Giant Krait, as this species may be called, has hither- 
to been recorded only from Sind, but probably occurs, somewhat 
sparingly, all over northern India. 
