Kasauli, laboratory for production of antivenomous serum at, 248, 252. _Katipo_ (_Latrodectus scelio_), 275. Kayalof, Mlle., poison from pedicellariæ prepared by, 273. Kidney, action of venom on, 183. Kinase in snake-venoms, 204. Kinasic properties of venom, how produced, 213. “ “ “ _See also_ Diastasic actions. King cobra. _See Naja bungarus._ Kipling, Rudyard, account of battle between mongoose and cobra, 223. Kobert, poison from _Latrodectus_ and _Epeira_ prepared by, 276. Krait, 30. _See also Bungarus._ Krefft, Gerard, on snakes of Australia, 81, 82. Kyes, lecithide from scorpion-venom, 278. “ on relation of toxins to antitoxins, 254, 255, 257. “ the production of lecithides, 197, 199. Labaria (_Lachesis atrox_), 114. Labial glands, upper, venomous secretions, 147. Laboratories for preparation of antivenomous serum, 248, 252. de Lacerda, on diastatic actions of venoms, 212. “ _Elaps_, 108. “ harmless ingestion of venom exceeding lethal dose, 214. _Lacertidæ_, 321. _Lachesis_, 51, 109, 111. “ bite of, clinical symptoms, 169. “ “ “ primarily local, violent, 169. “ classification of species, 52. “ venom of, absorption by digestive system, cause of acute inflammation of gastric mucous membrane, 180. “ “ rich in kinase, 204. “ _alternatus_, 115. “ _ammodytoides_, 117. “ _anamallensis_, 56. “ _atrox_ (grage), immunity from bite of, 238. “ “ (labaria), 114. “ _aurifer_, 119. “ _bicolor_, 119. “ _bilineatus_, 118. “ _borneensis_, 57. “ _brachystoma_, 118. “ _cantoris_, 53. “ _castelnaudi_, 117. “ _ferox_ (grage), bites from, cure, 351. “ _flavomaculatus_, 55. “ _flavoviridis_, 53. “ _godmani_, 118. “ _gramineus_, 55. “ “ venom of, dose lethal for rabbit, 175. “ _jerdonii_, 54. “ _lanceolatus_ (fer-de-lance, or jararacussu), 112. “ “ description and habits, 113, 114. “ “ mortality from bite of, 113. “ “ secretion of, 150. “ “ venom of, 325. “ “ “ coagulant action on blood, 191. “ “ “ “ “ diminishes when heated, 191. “ _lansbergii_, 118. “ _lateralis_, 119. “ _luteus_, 54. “ _macrolepis_, 56. “ _microphthalmus_, 114. “ _monticola_, 52. “ _mucrosquamatus_, 54. “ _mutus_ (bushmaster or surucucu), 112. “ _neuwiedii_ (urutù), 115. “ _nigroviridis_, 119. “ _nummifer_, 117. “ _okinavensis_, 52. “ _pictus_, 115. “ _pulcher_, 114. “ _puniceus_, 56. _Lachesis purpureomaculatus_, 54. “ _schlegelii_, 119. “ _strigatus_, 53. “ _sumatranus_, 56. “ _trigonocephalus_, 56. “ _undulatus_, 118. “ _wagleri_, 57. “ _xanthogrammus_, 117. Lamb, G., on action of venom on brain, 185. “ on coagulant action of venom of _Vipera russellii_, 191. Landouzy, Prof., on serum therapeutics, 240. Lannoy, on diastasic actions of venoms, 212, 213. “ proteolytic action of venoms, 204. “ researches of, on glands of snakes, 147.