“ _cerastes_ (horned rattle-snake), 129. “ _confluentus_ (Pacific or mottled rattle-snake), 124. “ “ “ “ “ habits, 125. “ “ devoured by pigs, 125. _Crotalus confluentus_, secretion of, 150. “ _durissus_ (common rattle-snake), 125. “ _horridus_, 127. “ “ bites from, 355. “ _lepidus_, 129. “ _mitchelli_, 127. “ _polystictus_, 129. “ _scutulatus_ (Texas rattle-snake), 124. “ _terrificus_ (dog-faced rattle-snake or cascavella), 124. “ _tigris_, 127. “ _triseriatus_, 129. _Cryptobranchus japonicus_ (great Japanese salamander), 313-315, 317. “ “ venom of, 317. “ “ “ action similar to that of viperine venoms, 317. _Curados de Culebras_, immunity produced by inoculation by, 235-237. Cytolytic action of venoms, 206. Daboia. _See Vipera russellii._ Deafness following bite of viper, 178. Death adder, 96. _See also Acanthophis antarcticus._ Delezenne, establishment of existence of kinase in venoms, 204. “ on the kinasic properties of venoms, 204, 213. _Dendraspis_, 65. “ _angusticeps_, 66. “ _antinorii_, 66. “ _jamesonii_, 66. “ _viridis_, 66. _Denisonia_, 88. “ _carpentariæ_, 92. “ _coronata_, 89. “ _coronoides_, 89. “ _dæmelii_, 90. “ _flagellum_, 91. “ _frenata_, 90. “ _frontalis_, 91. “ _gouldii_, 91. “ _maculata_, 91. “ _melanura_, 92. “ _muelleri_, 90. “ _nigrescens_, 92. “ _nigrostriata_, 92. “ _pallidiceps_, 92. “ _par_, 92. “ _punctata_, 91. “ _ramsayi_, 90. “ _signata_, 90. “ _superba_ (the copperhead), 89. “ _suta_, 90. “ _woodfordii_, 93. Dialysis, results of, in experiments with venoms of _Colubridæ_ and _Viperidæ_, 161. Diastases, action upon venoms, 214. Diastasic actions of venoms, 212. _Diemenia_, 86. “ _modesta_, 87. “ _nuchalis_, 87. “ _olivacea_, 87. “ _psammophis_, 87. “ _textilis_ (brown snake), 87. “ “ “ “ bite dangerous, 100. “ _torquata_, 87. Digestion of snakes aided by venoms, 213, 214. Digestive tract, absorption of venoms of _Colubridæ_ often without ill-effect on, 180, 181. “ “ “ “ “ “ “ cause, 181. _Diodon_, 305. _Dipsadomorphinæ_, sub-family of _Opisthoglypha_, 3. “ geographical distribution, 4. _Dipsas_, teeth of, 8. _Distira_, fresh-water genus of _Hydrophiinæ_, 5, 136. “ _cyanocincta_, 137. “ _jerdonii_, 137. “ _ornata_, 136. “ _subcincta_, 137. Dog, minimal dose of cobra-venom lethal for, 174. Dog-faced rattle-snake, 124. _See also Crotalus terrificus._ _Doliophis_, 42. “ _bilineatus_, 43. “ _bivirgatus_, 42. “ _intestinalis_, 42. “ _philippinus_, 43. Domestic animals, treatment of poisonous bites in, 265. Duck-billed platypus (_Ornithorhynchus paradoxus_ or _O. anatinus_), 323. Duméril and Bibron, on coloration of snakes, 16. “ “ _Naja worship_ in Egypt, 61. Dutch Indies, poisonous snakes inhabiting, 30-57.