“ “ unaffected by enormous doses of their own venom, 172. “ “ unknown in New Caledonia, 100. “ “ "New Zealand, 100. “ “ victory of mongooses over, in combat, due mainly to natural agility, 225. “ worship of, 2. “ “ extant in India, 2. _Solenoglypha_, 109. “ bite produces important local disorders, 168. “ marks produced on skin by bite of one of, 10. Sonoran coral-snake, 102. _See also Elaps euryxanthus._ South Sea Islands, poisonous snakes of, 81-100. Sparrows, effect of venom of _Heterometrus maurus_ on, 279. _Sphærechinus granularis_, poison from pedicellariæ, 273. Spinal cord, comparative actions of venoms of _Colubridæ_ and _Viperidæ_ on, 185, 186. Spiders. _See Araneida._ Spitting snake, 63. _See also Sepedon hæmachates._ Spleen, action of venom on, 183. Sponge-divers, malady of, 272. _Squamipinnes_, 304. Stings (wasp- or bee-), treatment for, 286. Stomach, acute inflammation of gastric mucous membrane produced by ingestion of venoms of _Viperidæ_, 180. _Strongylocentrotus lividus_, poison from pedicellariæ of, 273. Strychnine, injection of, of no value as antidote against snake-venom, 261. Sunda Islands, poisonous snakes of, 81. Superstitions, native methods of inoculation full of, 239-240. Suppuration following non-lethal snake-bites, 212. Surucucu or bushmaster, 112. _See also Lachesis mutus._ Sutherland, Surgeon-Captain, bite from _Echis carinatus_, 348. Sydney, laboratory for production of antivenomous serum at, 248, 252. _Synanceia_, 288, 289, 290. “ poison-apparatus of, 291. “ _brachio_, 291. Syncope, following inoculation of venom of _Synanceia brachio_, 292. _Teleostei_, 290, 305, 307. Temperature, effect of, on venoms, 161. _Tetrodon_, 290, 305. “ _rubripes_, 306. “ _stellatus_, 306. _Teuthididæ_, 301. _Teuthis_, 301. Texas rattle-snake, 124. _See also Crotalus scutulatus._ Thalassin, poison from _Anemone scultata_, 270. _Thalassophis_, 133. _Thalassophryne_, 288, 303. “ _maculosa_, 303. “ _reticulata_, 302-303. Thuau on bites from European vipers, 342. Tidswell, F., on venom of _Ornithorhynchus_, 324. Tiger-snake, 95. _See also Notechis scutatus_. Toad, common, 318. “ green, 318. “ musical, 318. “ and frog, distinctions between, 318. “ “ salamander, much dreaded by ancients, 312. “ venom of, 318, 319. “ “ active principles of, 319, 320. “ “ closely analogous to that of salamander, 321. “ “ preparation, 319. “ “ exaggerated by the ancients, 312. _Trachinidæ_, 297. _Trachinus_ (weever), 288, 289, 297. _Trachinus_ (weever) poison-apparatus of, 297, 298, 299. “ _araneus_, 297. “ _draco_, 297. “ _radiatus_, 297. “ _vipera_, 297. Travers, P. M., on bite from _Bitis arietans_, 350. Trichloride of iodine modifies or destroys venoms, 164. _Triglidæ_, 290. _Trigonocephalus_, bites from, 352, 355.