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high, while at others attaining over a foot in height ; the 

 structure and shape of the leaves seem to vary very much.] 



Calotis erinacea, Steetz. Lake Perigundi ; Kanowana. 

 C. hispidula, F. v. M. Kopperamanna. 



Pterocaulon sphacelatum, Benth. et Hook. Innamincka. 

 [Several large bushes of this plant were seen in the one locality 

 only.] 



EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 



Plate XXI. 



Fig. 1. Attacked by bot flies. At certain seasons the camels 

 are attacked by a bot fly (Cephalomyia maculata), which lays its 

 larvae already hatched in the nostrils. When fully grown the 

 larva becomes very irritating, and produces sneezing, by which 

 act it is finally ejected, completing its metamorphosis beneath the 

 surface of the sand. The position shown — ''the expectancy of a 

 sneeze" — is quite characteristic. 



Fig. 2. Carrion beetles (Trox crotchi) feeding at the hoof of 

 a dead camel. 



Plate XXII. 



Fig. 1. Native grave at Murteree. The body is laid on the 

 surface or in a slight excavation and piled up with earth and sand 

 until a large mound is formed 15 feet or so in length. Timber is 

 then laid over the mound to protect the body from attack by dogs, 

 wild and otherwise. 



Fig. 2. Inscription cut by J. W. Lewis on tree near Burke's 

 Tree at Innamincka ; the lettering, now being overgrown, is : — 

 ^ S.A.G. L. 75 (see J. W. Lewis' Journal Lake Eyre Exped. ; 

 1874-5, p. 37). 



Plate XXIII. 



Fig. 1. Burke's Tree, Innamincka. The original fence is 

 almost buried in sand, and McKinlay's mark, MK (cnjd.), seen at 

 ground level, is the only inscription now visible (see fig. 2 of this 

 plate). 



Fig. 2. Burke's Tree, Innamincka. McKinlay's mark. Burke 

 and Howitt's lettering is hidden by silt. The full inscription 

 reads : — 



MK (cnjd.) 

 R, O'H. B. 

 21.9.'61. 

 A.H. 



Plate XXIV. 



Fig. 1. Old female native at Innamincka, at entrance to 

 wurlie. Note the dogs within. 



Fig. 2. Bullocky Jack, a Coongie native, our guide on Cooper 



Creek. 



