I Rodgers -1942 Eumeces shiltonianus June 7 Mrs. Vert Zool, Univ. Calif., Berkeley, Alameda Co., Calif. Bright red-orange labials have been noted to be consistently more reddish than the bright orange coloration that develops especially on the ventral surface of the tail. Some individuals have been noted to have pale pink on the ventral side of the tail or on the labials or both (?). A particularly good example of this pink coloration is the ventral surface of the tail of TR 3319 just a little lighter than Shrimp Pink (Pl. I, 5, f). An example of the brightest labial color is (brightest parts of T.R. 3317) Bittersweet Orange (Pl. II, 9, b); duller yet dark parts are Apricot Orange (Pl XIV, 11'). The brightest orange on the underside of the tail of T.R. 3321 is Salmon Orange (Pl. II, 11, b); duller parts are Apricot Buff (Pl XIV, 11'b). The orange on the tail and labials of specimens collected now is not as bright or as extensive as it was on specimens collected a month ago. On June 7 and on May 24, six of us were out for about three hours (each day), between 7 and 9:10 am. May 24 we got two rattlesnakes; June 7 we got 1 young yellow bellied racer. These are the only snakes we got. On trips during the month or 6 weeks before we nearly always got three or four snake for 3-4 hrs. of collecting and they included kingsnake, gopher snake, ring-necked snakes, sharp-tailed snakes, garter snakes, racers, and rattlesnakes. Snakes seem to be scarcer now.