542 Dr. Hovsfield's Description of the 



Genus. Rutela. Lat. 



Sumptuosa. R. viridis, thorace glaberrimo sulco ulrinqut im- 

 presso, elytris subsulcatis, nitidk cupreo-viridibus. 

 Tab. 20. f. 9. 

 Antennce nigra. Thoracis sulci punctis impressi. Scutellum 

 glaberrimum. Elytra striis punctatis longitudinalibus instructa, 

 inter strias subrugosa. 



Long. corp. i£ ; lat. ^. 

 Habitat in Brazilia. 

 In Mus. nost. 



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

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

 which the colours are in general sombre. 



[7b be continued.'] 



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



inhabitants of Sumatra, a new species of Felis, discovered 

 in the Forests of Bencoolen, by Sir T. Stamford 

 Raffles, late Lieutenant Governor of Fort Marlborough, 



%c. Sfc. Sfc By Thomas Horsfield, M.D. F.L. 8r 



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 



