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tion, so as to resemble the horns of a stag. They are black, with the tips pale, while the body
and legs are yellowish brown, and the eyes (when alive) violet and green. The next species
(Elaphomia wallacei) is of a dark brown colour, banded and spotted with yellow. The horns
are about one-third the length of the insect, broad, flat, and of an elongated triangular form.
They are of a beautiful pink colour, edged with black, and with a pale central stripe. The
front part of the head is also pink, and the eyes violet pink, with a green stripe across them,
giving the insect a very elegant and singular appearance. The third species (Elaphomia alci-
cornis, the elk-horned deer-fly) is a little smaller than the two already described, but resem-
bling in colour Elaphomia wallacei. The horns are very remarkable, being suddenly dilated
into a flat plate, strongly toothed round the outer margin, and strikingly resembling the
horns of the elk, after which it has been named. They are of a yellowish colour, margined
with brown, and tipped with black on the three upper teeth. The fourth species (Elaphomia
brevicornis, the short-horned deer-fly) differs considerably from the rest. It is stouter in
form, of a nearly black colour, with a yellow ring at the base of the abdomen; the wings
have dusky stripes, and the head is compressed and dilated laterally, with very small flat
horns, which are black with a pale centre, and look exactly like the rudiment of the horns of
the two preceding species. None of the females have any trace of the horns, and Mr. Saun-
ders places in the same genus a species which has no horns in either sex (Elaphomia polita).
It is of a shining black colour, and resembles Elaphomia cervicornis in form, size, and gen-
eral appearance. The figures above given represent these insects in characteristic attitudes.
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