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PRESENTATIONS AND ABSTRACTS FOURTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ANIMAL, PLANT AND MICROBIAL TOXINS The following papers were presented and discussed by an author . The titles are listed by subject, and abstracts are arranged alphabetically by first author. Additional presentations and abstracts were listed on the official program in Tokyo ; however, they were either not presented or were only read on behalf of an author and not discussed. VENOM APPARATUS, SNAKE BITE AND TREATMENT K . C . KANwAR and U . KANwAR : Fine structure of the venom gland of Vespa orfintalis . E. KocHvA, U. ORoN, A. BDOLA1i and N . A1wN : Regulation of venom secretion and injection in viperid snakes . H . MENDmssoHN : Ecology of venomous snakes in human settlements . B. L . Llat and Y. SAwAi : Ecology and distribution of sea snakes in peninsular Malaysia . Y. SAwAi, Y. KAwAMURA, T. FuxuyAmA, H . Quxmi, T. OKoNoci, M. MAKnaO, Z . HOKAMA and M . YAMAKAwA : Epidemiological study on the habu bites in the Amami and Okinawa Islands . Y. SAwAI and M. H01YA1m Snake bites in India . F. E . RussaL, J . WAnaclam, R . W. CAR1wN and A . J. OsBORNE : Snake venom poisoning in the United States. C . K . EAPEN, N. CoANDY, P. K . ZAcHARtA, P. J . TllomAs and T. I. In : Unusual complication of snake bite . R. N . BANEn1118, A. L . SAaNr and K. A. QIAcKo : Neostigmine in the treatment of Elapidae bite . SCORPION, BEE, WASP AND OTHER ANIMAL TOXINS L. FREnm-MAIA, J. R. CumA-MEI.o, M . V. Gomm, W . L. TAl'vRl, T . A . MARIA and H . A . FuTuRo-NETo : Studies on the mechanism of action of tityustoxin . L. FRE=-MAIA, A. D . AzEVEDo, E . G . ImdA, P. S. L. BEmAo and I . A . RmEm0 : Pharmacological blockade of the cardiovascular and respiratory effects produced by tityustoxin in the rat. E. Zr.Onmv, G . MARTnez, H . RocHAT and F . MMANDA : A toxic protein to crustaceans from scorpion venom . C . BARTooLOMEw, J. MuRPl1Y, K. McGEENEY and O. FrrzomtAw : Action of Tityus trinitatis venom on the canine pancreas. W . RATmAAYER and C . WALium : Mode of action and specificity of habrobracon venom . M . WATANAw, T. YASuxuRA and T . NAKAjimA : New bradykinin analogues in wasp (Polistes rothneyi twatai) venom. H. YO®A and J. J . PmANo : Vaspula kinin : A new carbohydrate-containing bradykinin analogue . S . Sl3SHNDEROV : Further purification, inhibitory spectrum and kinetic properties of protease inhibitor in bee venom. N . KAwAi and S. HoRi : Effect of hornet venom on crustacean neuromuscular junction . S . SoxENDEROV : New pharmacobiochemical data on the anti-inflammatory effect of bee venom. J. W . BuRNm and G. J. CALTON : Some chemical and pharmacological studies on two venomous jellyfish . N. PRimoR, T. ZARAcHIA and E . ZLoTxa1 : On the toxic and antitoxic factors derived from the skin secretion of the flatfish Pardaehlrus marntoratus (Soleidae) . CHEMISTRY OF ANIMAL TOXINS N. IzueayA, T. KATO, H . AOYAGi, N. TAKAmAw, A. YAsmAKE and C. C. YANG : Chemical synthesis of a peptide with cobrotoxin activity. V. IvANov : Synthetic studies of a-bungarotoxin . C. C. YANG, C . C. CHANG and I . F . Liou : Cationic groups and biological activity of cobrotoxin . 83 T0%ICON1975 Vol. 13