488 
Index. 
Pecopteris tenuifolia, M’Coy, 437 
Petaurus sciureus, Desra., found in V. 
D. Land, 76 
Phascogale crassicaudata, Gould, 61 
Phascolomys, two species at Port Phil¬ 
lip, 242 
-comparison of the skulls 
of, 271, 398 
Phormium tenax, mode of detecting its 
mixture with hemp nr flax, 477 
Pliylloclndus aspleniifolia, Rich., 291 
Phyllothecn, Br., 438, 442 
-Australis, Br., 442 
- ramosa, M'Coy, 442 
- Hookcri, M’Coy, 443 
Plants, fossil, found near Hobart Town 
and Launceston, 131 
-of the carbonaceous strata 
near Sydney, 398 
-associated with the coal 
of Australia, 429 
Platina likely to be found in Australia, 
214, 370 
Platycercus splendidus, Gould, 310 
Podabrus macrourus, Gould, 303 
Podargus plumiferus, Gould, 309 
Podiceps Australis, Gould, 65 
Podocarpus atpina, Br., 290 
- Lawreucii, Hook, fil., 290 
Poisonous leguminous plant from Swan 
River, 312 
Population of V. D. Land, 450 
Port Phillip, on geology of, 74, 78, 240, 
323 
Prionopleura, W. W. Saunders, several 
new Australian species described, 222 
Proceedings of Zoological Society of 
London, 61, 150, 230, 300, 403, 469 
-■— Royal Geographical ditto, 
210, 401 
-Linnncan ditto, 219 
-Entomological ditto, 222 
-Roy al I nstitntion ditto ,214 
- Geological ditto, 311 
-Pharmaceutical ditto, 312 
Pumice found on coasts of V. D. Land, 
237 
Reduviidffi, description of neu r Austra¬ 
lian species of, 229 
Reptiles of the country between More- 
ton Bay and Port Essington, 105 
Resin, fossil found at Port Phillip and 
V. 1). Land, 236 
Richea pandanifolia, Hook, fil., 72 
Russia, geolog)' of, compared with Aus¬ 
tralia, 365 
Salt, analysis of, from lakes at Port 
Phillip, 327 
Schayer, M., results of oceanic mate¬ 
rials collected by him, 124 
Sea snake, species from Port Essington, 
299 
Smelting by electricity, 299 
Splueria, new species, 77, 408 
Sphenoeacus gramineus, Gould, 231 
Sphenopteris, various species described, 
434 
Statistics of the port of Launceston for 
1846,139; 1847, 372 
-V. D. Land for 1844-6, 444 
Sterna gracilis, Gould, 235 
Stiginodera, new Australian species de¬ 
scribed, 224 
Stokes, J. L., discoveries in Australia, 
317 
Strepera arguta, Gould, 471 
j -melanoptera, Gould, 472 
-plumbea, Gould, 472 
Strigops habroptilus of N. Zealand, 468 
Strix tenebricosus, Gould, 304 
i Strzelecki’s large map of V. D. Land, 
213 
Sturt, Capt. C., exploring expedition 
from South Australia into interior of 
New Holland, 182, 249, 329 
Sula personata, Gould, 473 
Sulphate of alumina from Ben Lomond 
242 
Sylochelidon strenuus, Gould, 473 
Tasmanian Society, minutes of, 74, 236 
322, 406 
Temperature of boiling water at Laun¬ 
ceston 213°, 77 
Trilobites, occurrence in the protozoi c 
rocks of N. S. Wales, 1 
- found at Port Phillip, 407 
Trinucleus Clarkii, M’Leay, 2 
Triton exaratus, Hanley, 64 
Turtles washed upon the shores of y. 
D. Laud, 407 
Ural and Australian mountains, compa¬ 
rison of, 214 
V. D. Land, aborigines of, 238, 241 
- acacia; of, 5 
—- alga; of, 54, 153, 209 
- conifers® of, 278 
- exports from, 73,146, 297 
371 
- 262 new insects of, 455 
- coasts of, 3S9 
- population of, 450 
- statistics of, 444 
- large map of, 213 
Venus roborata, Hanley, 65 
- decipiens, Hanley, 150 
Yertebraria Australis, M’Coy, 431 
Wagner’s list of 262 new species of Tas¬ 
manian insects, 455 
Wattle, black or green of the colonists, 
16 
-silver of the colonists, 16 
Wine growing in N. S. Wales, 401 
Wombat, two species at Port Phillip, 
242 
