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 TlIK I'|N(IIK> AM> WkaVKII I5lltl>s OF TIIK Sl'IIAN, HKINd NiiTF-s iiN niK (iltiilip coNTAISINi: 



riiK Hiiiiis Injurious to (iKain Chops. 15y A. L. liuTi.Kit I.')7 



Iiilrotliu-tioii I'tility of Hiids ha Ihsim-i KilU-rs. 



1'aht I., TiiK Famii.ii->, Sub Fa.mii.ii-> anh (!knkha -Kiiiiiily I., /■'rim/it/iilii' : .Sul»- 

 fitiiiilii's, Jim/ieriziiiff ; Friiujilliuw Family II.. I'litreida- : SuW-fainilics I'it/iiiiDi' : 

 K»lritilin)f ; I'loceinu-. 



I'aut II., Notes on thk Spei-iks- Family, J-'rimjilliiltf — Siil)-family, Einlierizinn- : (ifiiCTH, 

 Kiiiherlzit : Friwiilliiriii SuW-faiiiily, FriinjilliiKt : (ii-iicra, Fn/l/iron/iizn : Scriiiiiii : 

 l'nll<>»jiiiii ; I'lixiser : Fetruitin — F'aiiiily, /^/oreiVAf- Suli-faiiiily, Viduimt : Gl■nt•|•l^ 

 //jZ/iiM'/ifiii ; VUhut ; Colin»iut»»er : Urohrachiin : I'yirmiflitHii ; (jiielea — Sul)-faraily, 

 Hftnliliiiip : fii'iiera, Amnrliiin : I'/ii/rfiitnin : Urtihmrliii : Orti/ijoitiiiia : >Spermeiiteii ; 

 I'mii/iiil/iii.* ; Exlrililit : Ldi/oiionlirld .- J'l/fe/ia—Snyi-fixmtiy, I'hteeimf : Genera, 

 SjiermoKj>i:ii : S/mrojii/ien : Aiiif)/;/oi>jiiza : DlnemdlUt ; Textor ; Plocei/Mixser ; Annjilecfei ; 

 .Wii/i/ii/'im : /fi//i/iiinliir<iii» : SiliKjrn : J/i/ji/iniitoniiK ; A''iii//io/i/n7ni>. 



AniHTIoNAI. Note on a Sl'Eclt>< ok LaKK, Mihinororiijilin liiiiiiiriiliil<t. 



8uoRpioNs ANii Allied Annulated Spiders ok the Anulo-Ecvptian Sudan. I'.v 



1'kokkssou F. Wekneu 179 



Chaiiieteristics of Scorpions — Habit-- — Poison — Distribution — Scorpions Found in Deiiosits 

 of tlie Silurian Period — Virulence of Poison — Symptoms of Poisoning — Two Main Divisions 

 of Sudanese Scorpions — Descriptions of Genera — Butlius : I{. nmoritij-i : H. iiuinqnencarlnnlu* : 

 li. nerititHVS : li. iejitoche/i/x : H. iiriiterariiiiitu* : li. miniij- — Parabutlius : /'. fiiniteri — 

 Xamiliuthus : X. nii'lersoni — Pandiiius : J'. /m/h<liix : ]'. erilialis : P. imjiernlar. 

 List of Sudanese Scoriiions. 

 Characteristics of Pediiialjii — t'oniiiari.-ion with Scorjiion.s — Descriiitions of Genus Damon : 



D. iiinr(/<itii.i. 

 Characteristics of Solifuj<a' — Distribution — Habits— Main I )i visions of S])ecies — Descripl ions 

 of Genera — (Jaleodes: G. arafm — Parajoileodes : /'. .tm/uns — Othoes : 0. flweeri — 

 Hliajjodes : Rh. nu'fiinori'/ihn/iii> — Solpuga : S. deiitntidfitf:, S. nrhweinfitrthi — Dwsia : 

 I), i/inn/ierr/i — Gluvioi)sis : G. ni/escens. 

 NoTt^s ON Two Specimens ok Spittinc-Snakes kko.m Southern Hiiodksia. Hy Henry 



Curtis 195 



Effect of Ejected Fluid — Sjiitting Cobra — A'aia iii'irirt^h's — Venom — Reproductions of and 

 Extracts from .some Hecent Literature. 



A Note on the Sudan Spittinc-Snake. Hy Sir T. It. Fkaser 2oi 



Herpetomonas Asi-on<;opi. Hy \V. M. Atikrs 202 



Hyper-parasitisin — Melon Bug — Alimentary Tract — Method of Examination — Structure and 

 Life-cycle of the Parasite— Resting Stage — Pnx-ess of Divi.sion — Concluding Remarks. 



Ancient (Jold Mininc; in the Sudan. By S. C. Dunn 207 



In Earliest Times — The Pluenicians — The Egyptians — Turin Pajiyrus — Wealth of Ancient 

 Egypt— Foreign Domination in Egyi>t — Cufic In.scriptionsMethod of Mining— Slave 

 Workers — The Gold Ore— Hewing — Pounding — Milling — Wa.sliing — Melting — Grades of 

 Gold — Old Workings — Means of IllumiMation — Quartz — Preliminary Breaking — Circular 

 Griniling Mills — Wa.shing Tables — Melting Pots Slag — Camps — Wells — Burying Places- 

 Potsherds. 

 '^ Cult ok Nyakani; and the Divine Kincs ok the Shii.i.ik. 1^ C. f!. Selicmann ... 21(1 

 Preliminary Remarks — Sliilluk C 'ountry — Population— 

 Shilink Kings- 

 Killing of the King and Transmi.ssion of the Divine Spirit - 

 (!ult of Nyakang at his C'enotai)h Shrines- 

 Cult of the Sliilluk Kings at their Grave Shrines- 

 Reverence for Trees — 



Api)eairance of Shilluk Kings in Animal Form - 

 Concluding Remarks— 



