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J. Roagna - 1942
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Enmerus obitronianus
July 19 (cont) Mrs. Vert. Zool, Univ. Calif., Berkeley, Alameda C, Calif.
The dirt is that they rest directly on the wooden floor.
The eggs are scattered about like ooo.
July 20 To-day I measured the eggs of nest no. 1 for
the first time. They are 12 days old to-day and
are darker than they were a week ago. They
measured 11.8 x 7.4 mm, 12.2 x 7.5 mm, 12.3 x 7.9 mm, 12.7 x 7.9mm,
13.0 x 7.5 mm, 13.3 x 6.8 mm; average 12.55 x 7.33. The
1 day old eggs of nest no 3 averaged 13.0 x 7.86.
The eggs of nest no. 1 either started smaller or have
shrunk.
Yesterday (July 19) Walt Dalquest and I went to the
southern part of San Pablo Ridge (2 mi. SE Bald
Peak). When we arrived (about 9:15 am there was
a dense fog, as dense as described for the same
place July 5, but not so cold. We parked on
the old tunnel road about 700 yards south of
the east end of the tunnel and hiked in an
easterly direction to the top of the ridge, hitting it
at the point, i.e. farthest south, of our walk
down the ridge on July 5. On the way up we
turned over many rocks and usually found
the ground very dry & widely cracked underneath.
In several places we dug down a foot or
so but found only more dry ground. About
three fourths of the way up the hill, we dug
out under a small rock outcrop, finally
moving four or five rocks that averaged 14"