INDEX 
Efa (Echis carinatus), 48, 76. See also Echis carinatus. 
Eggs of bees, venom contained in, 284. 
LE] 
fowls, artificial intoxication by venom, effect on embryo, 214. 
Crotalus rich in poison, 220. 
Egypt, laboratory researches in, 149, 150. 
LE] 
snake-charmers of, 228-229, 
Egyptians, dread of Æchis carinata (Efa) shown by, 77. 
,, and pursuit of Naja haje among, 60. 
Ehriich, theory of lateral chains, 208, 220. 
Elachistodontine, sub-family of Opisthoglypha, 3. 
Elapechis, 58. 
geographical distribution, 4. 
boulengeri, 59. 
decosteri, 59. 
hessii, 59. 
guentheri, 58. 
niger, 58, 59. 
sundevallii, 59. 
Rlapina, sub-family of Colubride, 30. 
LE] 
geographical distribution, 5. 
Elapognatlrus, 97. 
a minor, 97. 
Elaps, 101, 108. 
ancoralis, 108. 
annellatus, 103. 
anomalus, 103. 
buckleyi, 103. 
corallinus (coral snake), 104. See also Coral-snake. 
decoratus, 104. 
dissoleucus, 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. 
heterochilus, 102. 
heterozonus, 103. 
langsdorfiii, 103. 
lemniscatus, 107. 
marcgravii, 106. 
mentalis, 107. 
mipartitus, 107. 
narduccii, 108. 
psyches, 106. 
spixii, 106. 
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