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Especially abundant on the Cnroinandcl Coast, in Bengal, and in 

 Burma. In the Noiili-west rrovinees oF India it is known as the 

 Koclia-Kraif. Its bite is very serious, but docs not cause nearly so 

 many fatalities as that of the Cohrd, since its fangs are smaller. 



Dogs bitten by B. fa.'tciafii!^ die m from four to five hours. 



Fio. -i4. — Biingniiis fiisviiiliis (India). (After Sir Joscpli Fayier.) 



'J. li. Cilltdidus. 



Blackish-brown or bluish, with narrow transverse white streaks, 

 or small white spots, or alternate rings of yellow and dark brown ; 

 belly 'white. Smaller than the foreg()ing, scarcely exceeding 1,000 

 millimetres in length. It is known as the " Krait " in India, where, 



