376 VENOMS 



Bungarus candidus, resemblance to Lycodon aulicus, 33. 



,, fasciatus, 31, 32. 

 Buprestidce, food for larvae of Cerceris bupresticida, 285. 

 Bushmaster, or surucucu, 112. See also Lachesis mutus. 



Calamarid^. species of Callophis feed only upon, 42. 

 Callioyiymus, 301. 



,, belennus, 301. 



,, lacertus, 301. 



„ lyra, 300-301. 



,, viilsus, 301. 



Callophis, 40. 



,, feeds only on snakes belonging to Calainaridce, 42. 



,, bibronii, 41. 



,, gracilis, 41. 



,, maclellandi, 41. 



,, maculiceps, 41, 



,, trimactilatus, 41. 



Calmette's serum, cobra-bites treated with, 363-5. See also Serum, autivenomous. 

 Calvados, Callionymus lyra common on coast of, 301. 

 Cantharis (blister-beetles), 281. 

 Cantor, on venom of Naja bungarus, 39. 



,, vindictiveness of Naja bungarus, 39. 



Captivity, poisonous snakes kept in, 61, 62, 125, 156, 223. 

 Carawalla. See Ancistrodon hypnale. 

 Cardiac poison of toad-venom (bufotalin), 319, 320. 

 Caribbean Sea, Scorpcena grandicornis found in, 293. 

 Carpi and Morgenroth, lecithide of bee-venom prepared by, 285. 

 Carri^re, experiments on ingestion of venom, 214. 

 Cascavella (Crotalus terrificus), 124. 

 Cato, army of, patronage of snake-charmers by, 228. 

 Causus, 67. 



,, defilipii, 67. 

 ,, lichtensteinii, 68. 

 ,, resimus, 67. 

 ,, rhombeatus, 67. 

 Cells, dissolution of. See Cytolytic action. 

 Cerastes, 47, 75. 



,, bites from, 348-350. 



,, ,, cured, 358. 



,, secretion of, 150. 



,, venom of, fatal to barefooted pedestrians, 76. 



,, cornutus, 47, 75. 



,, viper a, 75. 

 Cerceris bupresticida, 285. 

 Ceylon, snake-charmers of, 229. 



Chameleons succumb rapidly to snake-poisoning, 172. 

 Chelicera (fang of spider), 274. 

 Chemical reactions exhibited by venoms, 162. 



