None of the females have any trace of the horns, and Mr.Saunders 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 general appearance.

The figures above given represent these insects of their natural size and in characteristic attitudes.
The natives seldom brought me anything.

They are poor creatures, and, rarely shoot a bird, pig, or kangaroo, or even the sluggish opossum-like Cuscus.

The tree-kangaroos are found here, but must be very scarce, as my hunters, although out daily in the forest, never once saw them.
Cockatoos, lories, and parroquets were really the only common birds.