IIOUN liXl'EDITION NAUHATIVK, ETC. INDliX. 



219 



Pisces of Cfiitnil Austnili.a, 150, uf 

 Muiniy Kivrr, 150, distribution of 

 in Australia, 1132, as showing South 

 AiiK^rieuii allinity, 19-3, scu also Insh. 



ritchis of Natives, 39. 



Pituri j^lant, uses of, 81. 



Plaiiarian, water, 74. 



Plaiiispira, 195, 



Plants n(jt crowded together, II, I'elation 

 to animals, and climatic environment, 

 15, dominance of c(!rtain genera, I'JG. 



I'lolosiis argeiiteits, (JG. 



Pln/nlhJi^o zcilanica, 131. 



Poly2^i'*jtodonts, path by wliich the primi- 

 tive forms entered Australia, 179, 

 Lydekker's views, 1<S5. 



Polynesia, conni'ction of with Australia, 

 179, 1.S7. 



Polytelis, see Spathopterus. 



Polyzoa, 21, 140. 



Poiiiatostoinus riiliecitlus, 1 20. 



Poiiipiliiis morio, 20cS, sciiii/iniKosiis, 208. 



Porcupine grass, 59, desci'iption and figuies 

 of, 84,^ 97, 100, 12G. 



Porcupine grass ant, habits of, 09-71. 



Portulacca, 15. 



Post-Ordovician Conglomerate, IGG. 



Fota/iioi^efon Tepperi^ 119. 



Pre-Cambrian formation, 102, 1G2, folia- 

 tion })lanes of, 1G3, evidence as to 

 age of, 1G3. 



Prickly plants, 1 I. 



Property, idi;as of amongst th(^ natives, -10. 



Protective colouration, remarks on with 

 I'egai-d to li/.aids, etc., 25. 



Pi'othylacinus, 188. 



Prototroctes, 193. 



Fsiudonaja ajjhiis, 75. 



Ptilotis keartla/idi, G3. 



Ptilotus, M, 47. 



Pupa, \^^),ficit//it'ii, IIG. 



Pygopodidie, 180. 



Pyraineis caniiii, 11. 



llain season, change in fauna, 1 12. 

 Kana, 192. 



llabl)it-45andicoot, 34, 109. 

 Puidbank Creek, 103. 

 Pu'dbank Gorge, 104. 

 lied gum, 1, 30, 33. 



Ued Mulga, 13, deciduous bark of, IG. 



Iveedy Creek, desciijition of camp on, 71. 



llesin, derived from Poicupine grass and 

 used by ants in making nests, 71, use 

 by natives, 39, 71. 



Pxhagada, 195. 



Khiii^igasler illinlris, 207. 



Rliodona bipcs, 117. 



Uhynchodemus, 191. 



llhytidida-, 195. 



Puver.s, 34. 



Rock pigeons, 99. 



Rock wallabies, 12G. 



llivei- gum, 13. 



liodentia, Australian, |N9. 



Rodents, haljits of mice ami Jei boa rats, 

 75, Mus sj)))., 120, of Central Austra- 

 lia, 144, migrations of, 144. 



Rolling Downs formation of (,)ueenslantl, 

 1(3G. 



Roily-Pol ly, 13. 



Rotifers, 21, 140. 



lUidall Creek, 99. 



Running Waters, GO. 



iSalsolaceous \egetation, 47. 



Salt-bush, 13. 



Salsula kali, 13, 47. 



Sandhill.s, 48, 49. 



Sarcophilus, 183. 



Saxatile Plants, 119. 



Sa,xatil(! vegetatiijn, IGO. 



Scolia /(cviaps, 208. 



Scoi pitjns, 41, 118. 



Scrub, description of, 13, 4G. 



Sea.sons, of St(^))pe Laiuls, 9. 



Seculai' ciianges in Australian continent, 

 as influencing distiibution, 174. 



Shield of natives, 39. 



Silicitication of Upper and Supra-Creta- 

 ceous rocks, 1G9. 



Skink lizards, susceptibility to heat, 28. 



Siiiiiifliopsis pS(ii/iiitop/u7i/s, 84, crassicau- 

 data, 121. 



Snake.s, 42. 



Sonder, Mount, 102. 



South America, ailinity between fauna of 

 and that of Australia, 187, ct SC(]<]. 



SpatJioptcrus a/exaiidnc, 100, 14G. 



Spears, 38. 



