Mayhew 1961 Journal 20. Mar. 28 Dale Dry Lake area, San Bernardino Co., Calif. to check for soil moisture. No moisture could be found down to 26 inches. It began raining harder, + it appeared that the storm would last most of the day, so we headed for home at 0715. We reached UCR at 0945, after driving 105 miles today (we drove 566 miles on the entire trip). April 7 Dale Dry Lake area, San Bernardino Co., Calif. Walt Mobley, Fritz Zebot + I left UCR at 1730, planning to spend the night near Palm Springs. However, the wind was blowing so hard that we decided to spend the night at Dale. On the way we might collected on the old highway between Garnet & 1000 Palms, then on Dillon Road. One Arizona elegans was all we saw. April 8 We arose at 0645. We checked our 2 traps for lizards. One trap had most of the sand blown away from its sides. However, 1 dead + 1 live Citellus tereticaudus were in it. The dead one was minus a head. The other trap contained 3 juvenile Uma scoparia as well as several beetles including one Troglodoma costatus mayhewi, several sand cricketa + Eleodes armatus. We