216 
Basilac Island, language at, 5 
Basilisk Island, a 3 
Beecharah, form of witchcraft, 167 
Bernays, L. A., on economic ento- 
mology, 13 
e », Raphia ruffia, 210 
betel nut in New Guinea, 110 
“black spot,” cause of, 11 
Blackman, F. A., on Harvesting 
Ants, 158 
Blacks, Queensland, beliefs of, 
blindness from tick-bite, 69 
Bliss, Rev., 67 
bower-bird, satin, nest of, 12 
Brisbane harvesting ants, 153-8 
Broadbent, K., on birds of Chin- 
chilla, 117|; on nest of bower- 
bird, 12 
Bryum pachytheca, C.M., nov. sp., 
52 
Buckle, H. T., on sea-scum, 21 
buffalo, extensive roving of, 39 
burial customs, New Guinea tribes, 
101 
Bute Island, language at, 4, 11 
natives not cannibals, 
4 
Calyptotis, n. g., 59 
Calyptotis flaviventer, 57 
candle nut, 39 
Carob tree, fruit of, 39 
caterpillar’s web as fabric, 61 
Ceratonia siliqua, 39 
Chalmers, Rev. J., on Papuans, 114 
Chinchilla, birds of, 117; character 
of district, 117- 8 
Chinese, evils of immigration, 72 
coast tribes of New Guinea, 
character of, 100; burial cus- 
toms, 101 
cobalt ore, 39 
Cockle, Sir J., 68 
Coix, seeds of, worn as mourning, 
101 
Colocasia macrorrhiza, curative 
properties of, 211; method of 
use, 212; mode of occurrence, 
213 
Correspondence re Title of Society, 
64-5 
cotton plant in New Guinea, 102 
Council and Officers, 1885-6, 76 
Coxen, C., scientific work, 68 
+> 3) 
INDEX, 
Crotons cultivated by Papuans,, 
102; medicinal properties of,. 
116 
crystal, superstition concerning,166 
cunjevoi, medicinal properties, 211 
Cyperus esculentus, 39 
D’Albertis, criticisms on, 86, 87, 
89, 96, &c.; on Alfuros, 84; on 
Arfaecs of Andai, 85; on Aru 
natives, 85; on Fly River 
natives, 88; on inland New 
Guinea natives, 90; on Oran- 
geri Bay natives, 86; on mix- 
ture of races in New Guinea, 
96; on Papuan race, 84 
Darling Downs, Notiosaurus from, 
25 
Darwin, C., on sea-scum, 21 
Datura arborea, as poison, 69 
dead, treatment of, amongst Pa- 
puans, 101, 114 
death-song of aborigines, 170 (note) 
De Vis, C.W.,on Apistus caloundra, 
n. sp., 144-5; on cobalt ore, 39; 
on Eleotris crescens, sp. nov., 
32; on extinct lizard, 25; do. 
monotreme, 35; do. saurian,. 
181; on horn-silver, 34; on 
new lizard, 56; on Rhinoptera, 
12 
Digegles, S., 68 
Dinner Island, language at, 3 
diseases of Papuans, 109-11 
divorce of Papuans, 115 
doctor-men amongst aborigines, 165 
Donations, 1, 12, 24, 34, 40, 77, 
126, 140 
drum hour-glass in New Guinea, 
104 
Dupont, E., on sea-scum, 19 
dye-plants in New Guinea, 102 
Echidna oweni, Krefft fossil, 35 
Echinocarpus connected with 
Sloanea, 144. 
economic entomology, Bernays on 13 
economic plants in Queensland : 
Aleurites, 39; Alstonia, 60; 
Carob tree, 39; Ceratonia, 39; 
Colocasia, 211; cunjevoi, 211; 
Cyperus, 39; Datura, 69; Eleo- 
charis, 39; Hovenia, 39; paw- 
paw, 40; Raphia, 210; rice, 
60; Trapa, 39; yowa, 39 
