INDEX 381 



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

 Eggs of bees, venom ooutained in, 284. 

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

 , , Crotalus rich in poison, 220. 

 Egypt, laboratory researches in, 149., 150. 



,, snake-charmers of, 228-229. 

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

 ,, ,, and pursuit of ..J&i/a /la/e among, 60. 



Ehrlioh, theory of lateral chains, 208, 220. 

 ElacMstodontincB, sub-family of Opisthoglypha, 3. 



,, geographical distribution, 4. 



Elapechis, 58. 



,, boulengeri, 59. 



,, decosteri, 59. 



,, hessii, 59. 



„ guentheri, 58. 

 ,, niger, 58, 59. 

 ,, sundevallii, 59. - 

 Elapince, sub-family of Oolubridce, 30. 

 ,, geographical distribution, 5. 

 Elapognathus, 97. 



,, minor, 97. 



Elaps, 101, 108. 

 ,, ancoralis, 108. 

 ,, annellatus, 103. 

 ,, anomalus, 103. 

 ,, huckleyi, 103. 



,, coraiimMs (coral snake), 104. See aiso Ooral-snake. 

 ,, decoratus, 104. 

 ,, dissoUucus, 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. 

 ,, langsdorffii, 103. 

 „ lemniscatus, 107. 

 ,, marcgravii, 106. 

 ,, mentalis, 107. 

 ,, mipartitus, 107. 

 ,, narduccii, 108. 

 ,, psyches, 106. 

 ,, spixii, 106. 



