LIST OP ILLUSTRATIONS 



Fig. 17. — Ca,Tptw:e oi a, Naja tripudians {first st&ge) ... 



Pig. 18. — CsiTpture oi a. Naja tripudians (second stage) 



Fig. 19. — Hindu carrying two captured Cobras in " chatties " 



Fig. 20. — Maxillary bone, mandible, and head of Ccelopeliis monspessulana 



Fig. 21. — (1) Vipera herus ; (2) Vipera aspis ; (3) Vipera amrkodytes 



(4) Vipera ammodyies 

 Fig. 22. — Vipera aspis, from the Forest' of Fontainebleau 



Fig. 23. — ^VvM. oi Bungarus ... ... 



Fig. 24. — Bungarus fasciatus (India) 



Fig. 25. — SkvMoiNaja tripudians 



Fig. 26. — Naja tripudians (Cobra-di-Capello) on the defensive, preparing 



to strike 



Fig. 27. — Naja tripudians (Cobra-di-Capello) ... 

 Fig. 28. — Vipera russellii (Daboia) 



Fig. 29. — Pseudocerastes persicus ... 



Fig. 30. — Echis carinatus (India) 



Fig. 81. — Ancistrodon hypnale (Carawalla, of Ceylon)... 



Fig. 32. — Lachesis oMnavensis 



Fig. 33. — Lachesis flavomaculatus 



Fig. 34. — SkViW oi Dendr aspis viridis 



Fig. 35. — Skail oi Causu.i rhombeatus 



Fig. 36.— Skull of Bitis arietans (Puff Adder) 



Fig. 37. — Bitis arietans {Pufl AAiex) 



Fig. 38. — Bitis cornuta 



Fig. 39. — Bitis rasicornis ... 



Fig. 40. — Cerastes cornutus 



Fig. 41. — Echis coloratus... 



Fig. 42. — Skull of Atractaspis aterrima 



Fig. 43. — Skull of Glyphodon tristis (Australian Colubrine) 



Fig. 44. — Pseudelaps hrefftii 



Fig. 45. — Pseudelaps harriettce ... 



Fig. 46. — Pseudelaps diadema 



Fig. 47. — Diemenia psammophis ... 



Fig. 48. — Diemenia olivacea 



Fig. 49. — Diemenia textilis 



Fig. 50. — Diemenia nuchalis 



Fig. 51. — Pseudechis porphyriaeus (Black Snake) 



Fig. 52. — Denisonia superha (Copperhead) 



Fig. 53. — Denisonia coronoides 



Fig. 54. — Denisonia ramsayi 



Fig. 55. — Denisonia signata 



Fig. 56. — Denisonia maculata 



Fig. 57. — Denisonia gouldii 



Fig. 58. — Hoplocephalus hitorquatus ... 



Fig. 59. — Notechis scutatus (Tiger Snake) 



Fig. 60. — Skull of Acanthophis antarcticus (Death Adder) 



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