Insects were tolerably abundant, but were not on the average so fine as those of Amboyna, and I reluctantly came to the conclusion that Dorey was not a good collecting locality.

Butterflies were very scarce, and were mostly the same as those which I had obtained at Aru.
Among the insects of other orders, the most curious and novel were a group of horned flies, of which I obtained four distinct species, settling on fallen trees and decaying trunks.

These remarkable insects, which have been described by Mr.W.W.Saunders as a new genus, under the name of Elaphomia or deer-flies, are about half an inch long, slender-bodied, and with very long legs, which they draw together so as to elevate their bodies high above the surface they are standing upon.
The front pair of legs are much shorter, and these are often stretched directly forwards, so as to resemble antenna.

The horns spring from beneath the eye, and seem to be a prolongation of the lower part of the orbit.

In the largest and most singular species, named Elaphomia cervicornis or the stag-horned deer-fly, these horns are nearly as long as the body, having two branches, with two small snags near their bifurcation, so as to resemble the horns of a stag.