542 Dr. Horsfield's Description of the 



Genus. Rutela. Lat. 



SuMPTUosA. R. viridis, thorace glaberrimo sulco ulnnqud im^ 

 presso, elijtris subsulcatis, nitidS cupreo-viridibus. 

 Tab. 20. f. 9. 

 Antennce nigra.. Thoracis sulci pnnctis impress!. Scutellum 

 glabernmum. Eli,tra striis punctatis longitudinalibus instructa, 

 inter strias subrugosa. 



Long. Corp. i^ ; lat. _^. 

 Habitat in Brazilia. 

 In Mus. uost. 



My specimen of this insect also was unique in the same collection 

 as the last. It forms a splendid addition to the genus Rutda, in 

 which the colours are in general sombre. 



{To be continued.'] 



Art. LXVI. Description of the RIMAU-DAHAN of the 



inhabitants of Sumatra, a new species of Felis, discovered 

 tn the Forests of Bencoolen, hy Sir T. Stamfokd 

 Kaffles, late Lieutenant Governor of Fort Marlborough, 

 AcSrcSfc — By Thomas Horsfield, M.D. F.l! 8f 

 G. Soc. Sfc, 



The illustration of an animal, of which the notices have pre- 

 viously been imperfect and unsatisfactory, is in many cases equally 

 important with the description of an entirely new subject. With 

 this impression I gladly avail myself of a favourable opportunity 

 which is afforded, of detailing, through the pages of the Zoolo- 

 gical Journal, the result of my researches relating to a quadruped, 

 which has hitherto very partially been made known to European 

 Naturalists. This animal, the Rimau-Dahan of the inhabitants 

 of Sumatra, was brought alive to England, in August last, by 



