S42 Dr. Horsfield's Description of the 



Genus. Rutela. Lat. 



SuMPTUosA. R. viridis^ thorace glaherrimo sulco utfinqitt im- 

 pressoj elytris subsulcdtis^ nitide cupreo-viridibus. 

 Tab. 20. f. 9. 

 Antennce nigrae. Thoracis sulci punctis impressi. Scutellum 

 glaberrimum. Elytra striis punctatis longitudinalibus instructa, 

 later strias subrugosa. 



Long. Corp. ^ ; lat. /g. 

 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 Ruteiuj in 

 which the colours are in general sombre. 



l^To be cojitinuedJ] 



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



inhabitants of Sumatra, a new species of Felis, discovered 

 in the Forests of Bencoolen, hy Sir T. Stamford 

 Raffles, late I^ientenant Governor of Fort Marlborough^ 

 Sfc. Sfc. Sfc. — Bj/ Thomas Horsfield, M.D. F.L. Sf 

 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 aflforded, 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 



