ler middles, and narrow white edges : in fome parts 
thefe fpots are nearly confluent, as fhewn in the 
figure: on each fide of the body is a row of brown 
oval fpots, fmaller than thofe on the back ; and be- 
fldes thefe a few fill fmaller tranfverfe marks are 
fcattered here and there on the fidcs : the under part 
of the body is white, with a few dufky fpots. 
This fpecies appears to have been firfl; deferibed 
by Dr. Patrick Rufiel, who prefented the elegant 
fpecimen here figured to the Britifh Mufeum. Dr. 
Rufiel, in his work on Indian Serpents, informs us 
that it is fcarce lefs common in India than the Co¬ 
luber Naja or Cobra de Capcllo; and that its poifon 
is nearly as deleterious. Its bite, according to Dr. 
Ruflel’s experiments, proved fatal to chickens in 
thirty-fix feconds, and to a dog in twenty-fix mi¬ 
nutes. 
