P. Zweifel Feb. 1, 1957 28 Ventura Co., Calif. This morning I drove over Santa Susana Pass and up the road which begin 2.7 mi. E Santa Susana, 1.5mi N and 2.7 mi E Santa [illegible] I caught on Euneces skiltoniana and a Xerhnothus multicarinatus wellii. Another skink was seen but escaped. The alligator lizard ate the skink which I captured. The lizards were found beneath surface litter near a steam bottom in sagelmb covered hills. Hyla tegula were calling from the stream. Feb. 2, 1957 Los Angeles Co., Calif Mulholland Drive, 1 mi. W Topanga Canyon Road, Santa Monica Mtme. A few minutes collecting here yielded two Uta stansburiana heesperie and one Batrachosepa alternatus. So species account on Uta.