INDEX 381 



Efa {Echis carinatus), 48, 76. See also EcJiis carinatus. 

 Eggs of bees, venom contained in, 284. 

 ,, fowls, artificial intoxication by venom, eSect on embryo, 214. 

 Crotoiws rich in poison, 220. 

 Egj-pt, laboratory researches in, 149, 150. 



,, snake-charmers of, 228-229. 

 Egyptians, dread of Echis carinata {Efa) shown by, 77. 



,, ,, and pursuit of Naja haje among, 60. 



Ehrlich, theory of lateral chains, 208, 220. 

 ElachistodontincB, sub-family of Opistlwglypha, 3. 



,, geographical distribution, 4. 



Elapechis, 58. 



boidengeri, 59. 

 decosteri, 59. 

 hessii, 59. 

 gtientheri, 58. 

 niger, 58, 59. 

 sundevallii, 59. 

 Elapince, sub-family of Coluhridce, 30. 

 ,, geographical distribution, 5. 

 Elapognathus, 97. 



,, minor, 97. 



Elapis, 101, 108. 

 ,, ancoralis, 108. 

 ,, annellatus, 103. 

 ,, anomalus, 103. 

 ,, huckleyi, 103. 



,, corallinus (coral snake), 104. See also Coral-snake. 

 ,, decor atus, 104. 

 ,, dissoleuciis, 106. 

 ,, dumerilii, 104. 

 ,, elegans, 103. 



,, euryxanthus (Sonoran coral-snake), 102. 

 ,, filiformis, 107. 

 ,, fraseri, 107. 

 ,, frontalis, 106. 



,, fulvius (harlequin or coral-snake), 106. 

 ,, gravenhorstii, 102. 

 ,. hemprichii, 104. 

 ,, heterocJiilus, 102. 

 ,, lieterozonus, 103. 

 ,, langsdorfHi, 103. 

 ,, lemniscahis, 107. 

 ,, viarcgravii, 106. 

 ,, mentalis, 107. 

 ,, mipartitus, 107. 

 ,, nardticcii, 108. 

 ,, psyches, 106. 

 ,, spixii, 106. 



