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ful of tobacco, rubbed some of the juice on the wound, and declared 

 himself ready to prosecute the stroll. I thought a long walk might do 

 the man good. It was about 8 a. m., when he was bitten, and we 

 returned home about 4 in the afternoon ; the man accompanied me 

 for three successive days afterwards, and did not complain of any 

 symptoms whatever, not even of a swelling of the wounded part, 

 which is so common after the bite of the Nicobar Trimerewr*. 

 82. Ilalt/s Jnjmalai/anus, G ii n t h., (1. cit. p. 393). 

 idem, Steindachner, Reptiles of the Novara exped. p. 87. 

 The rostral is as broad as, or broader at its base than, high, but 

 only of half the width at the top, where it touches the anterior 

 frontais. The upper ground colour of this snake varies from 

 brownish green to almost brownish black, but generally with some 

 lighter spots, bands or marblings, and that of the lower par: 

 greenish yellow with purple tinge, the purplish color sometimes 

 predominating, especially on the subcaudals ; the whole of the 

 lower side is more or less strongly marbled with greenish black, 

 rarely is the underside nearly all black, but the chin is always 

 yellowish. The upper labials are yellowish white, and in con- 

 tinuation of this color there i*, in younger specimens, a very 

 conspicuous whitish lateral band, occupying the base of the ventrals 

 and the adjoining row of scales. In old specimens, this lateral band 

 is only indicated on the throat, becoming obsolete on the body. 



The largest specimen, obtained by me in the Kulu valley, mea- 

 sured 34 inches. All specimens which I examined had only 21 

 series of scales. One nearly full grown, from the neighbourhood < f 

 Kotegurh (N. E. of Simla) measures 2o^, of which the tail is :;], 

 terminating with a very small single, subcorneal scale ; ventrals 

 160, subcaudals 42. 



The species is very common all over the N. W. Himalayas, es- 

 pecially between 5 and 8000 feet, but on the Hatii mountain near 

 Kotegurh and about Serahan I observed it even as high as 10 000 

 feet. It principally feeds on mice. 



Fam. Yiperid^. 

 83. Daboia Bussellii, Shaw, (G ii n t h., 1. cit. p. 396). 

 This species is in the southern portion of the Kulu valley almost 

 quite as common as the last, but it does not seem to grow to as 



