INDEX 391 



Naja haje, danger extreme from its boldness in pursuit of victims, 60. 

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

 ,, employed by Egyptian snake-charmers, 61. 

 ,, secretion of, 149. 

 ,, ,, tables, 150. 



, , worshipped among ancient Egyptians, 61 . 

 melanoleuca, 62. 

 nigricoUis, 62. 

 samarensis, 36. 

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



,, collection of venom from, 156, 360. 



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



,, muscular apparatus of head of, 11, 13. 



,, poison-gland of, 11, 13. 



,, Var. cceca, 35. 



„ ,, fasciata, 35. 



,, ,, miolepsis, 36. 



,, ,, sputatrix, 35. 



,, ,, typica, 34. 



Naseus, 301. 

 Natter-jack, 318. 



Neurotoxic and haemolytic actions of venoms, parallelism between, 255. 

 Neurotoxin, 191, 195. 



essential active substance in venoms, 187, 250. 

 highly resistant to heat, 249. 

 of scorpion-poison, 278. 

 of toad-venom (bufotenin), 320. 

 potency of antineurotoxic serum against, 250, 251. 

 predominance in venom of Colubridce, 249. 

 present in venoms of some species of Viperidcs, 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 Lumi^re, A., on effect of intense cold on venom, 166. 

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



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



209. 

 ,, hsemolytio powers of venoms, 196. 

 ,, study of venom of Ornithorhynchus, 324. 

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



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

 and Plexner, cytolytic action of venoms, 206. 

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

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

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

 death, 177. 

 Normandy, coast of, Gottus abundant on, 292. 



