INDEX 391 



Naja haje, danger extreme from its boldness in pursuit of victims, GO. 

 ,, ,, dreaded and hunted down in Egypt, 60. 

 ,, ,, emploj'ed by Egyptian snake-charmers, 61. 

 ,, ,, secretion of, 1-i'J. 



tables, 150. 

 ,, ,, worshipped among ancient Egyptians, 61. 

 ,, melanolcHca, 62. 

 ,, nigricollis, 62. 

 ,, samarensis, 36. 



,, tripudians (Cobra-di-capello), 33-36. 

 ,, ,, collection of venom from, 156, 360. 



., ,, marks produced on skin by bite of, 10. 



,, ,, muscular apparatus of bead of, 11, 13. 



,, ,, poison-gland of, 11, 13. 



,, ,, var. C(2ca, 35. 



,, ,, fasciata, 35. 



,, ,, miolejjsis, 36. 



,, ,, sputatrix, 35. 



,, typica, 34. 

 Naseus, 301. 

 Natter-jack, 318. 



Neurotoxic and hsemolj'tic actions of venoms, parallelism between, 255. 

 Neurotoxin, 191, 195. 



essential active substance in venoms, 187, 250. 

 highly resistant to heat, 219. 

 of scorpion-poison, 278. 

 of toad-venom (bufotenin), 320. 

 potency of antineurotoxic serum against, 250, 251. 

 predominance in venom of Colubridcc, 249. 

 present in venoms of some species of Vipet'idcP, 249. 

 Neuwied on Elaps, 108. 



New Caledonia, terrestrial poisonous snakes unknown in, 100. 

 New Guinea, poisonous snakes of, 81-100. 

 New Zealand, Katipo found in, 275. 



,, no poisonous snakes in, 100. 



Nicolas, J., and Lumiere, A., on effect of intense cold on venom, 166. 

 Noc, on action of different venoms, 190, 191. 



,, bacteriolytic propertj' of venom, with respect to different micro-organisms, 207, 208, 



209. 

 ,, hsemolytic powers of venoms, 196. 



,, study of venom of OniithorJiyncJms, 324. 



Noguchi, H. , on action of aniline colours on venom, 167. 



,, failure of haemolysis under large doses of venom, 200, 201. 



,, and Flexner, cytolytic action of venoms, 206. 



,, ,, ,, investigations on toxicity of snakes' organs, 220. 



,, ,, ,, on action of snake-serums on red corpuscles, 219. 



,, ,, ^ladsen, Th., on ratio between dose of venom and time elapsing till 



death, 177. 

 Normandy, coast of, Cottus abundant on, 292. 



