28 On some new Species of Amaryllideae. 



deavour to reach their prey with the first long spring, for 

 which the length of the hinder feet is of great service. The 

 taking of this insect-eater is very difficult. Should the pur- 

 suer not succeed in discovering their hiding-place and cutting 

 off their retreat under the mass of rock, it is then necessary to 

 turn over the heavy blocks of stone with iron crow-bars. In 

 the hot months, as also during rainy days, the Macrosce- 

 lides disappears. The best time to obtain it is in spring and 

 autumn. My soldiers had found the very small young of this 

 snouted mouse in the month of February near Tiemsan, con- 

 sequently the time of pairing appears to be during the winter 

 months. When imprisoned, I noticed in these small animals 

 a very peculiar, powerful exhalation. A single Macroscelides 

 which had been confined for some days in a large case left be- 

 hind it an odour which the box retained for several weeks. 

 Among themselves these animals appear to be very mild and 

 not quarrelsome, at least I never observed them to fight, even 

 about their food. 



VI. — Amaryllidearum Species novce. By the Hon. and Rev. 

 Wm. Herbert. 

 Pancratium tortuosum. 

 Bulbus subrotundus. Collo producto ; folia angusta line- 

 aria -f^ unciae lata, tortilia (humifusa ?) ; scapus brevis 

 (subterraneus ?) ; spatha 2\- unciali, 3 — 4-flora, germine 

 sessili, tubo gracili 5 unciali. Corona 2\ unc, limbi la- 

 ciniis linearibus ultra 3 uncialibus, stylo filamentis coro- 

 ronam y^^ superantibus longiore. — W. H. 

 ^^ Habitat in planitie arenosa Djeddae in Arabia ; floret 

 Febr.'^ S. Fischer, MS. in Herb. Hooker. Planta viva est 

 in hort. SpofForthiano. 



Pancratium trianthum. 

 Scapus 4 — 9 unc, spatha \\ unc, germen sessile ; tubus 

 4 — 5 unc, limbus 2^ — 3 unc, coronam circ. unciam sty- 

 lum f unc, superans, filamenta stylo breviora coronam 

 circ. ^ unc. superantia. 

 Ex Senegambia, 1839. Specimina omnia triflora ex herb. 

 Hooker. Absque foliis. — W. H. 



