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LORQUINIA 
which Miss Evans kept as a pet, was found near Barstow, San Ber- 
nardino County, and taken to Sierra Madre. On June 18, 1916, this 
tortoise crawled into a shady place, where some weeds grew, dug a 
small hole and laid four eggs. Ten minutes afterward she covered 
the eggs with dirt and went away. 
On September 18 the eggs still remained unhatched and Miss 
Evans sent me one of them. This egg is pure white with a thick 
granular, calcareous shell. It is slightly prolate in shape, being 
equally large at the two ends. The shortest diameter is 35 milli- 
meters and the longest 42. The tortoise was only eight inches long 
and if the egg of a four-foot Galapagos Island tortoise were of pro- 
portional size it would be about nine inches in diameter instead of 
three, the actual dimension. 
Other known tortoises with a few exceptions bury their eggs in 
the earth and some times tamp the disturbed soil down hard and 
smooth by raising the hinder part of the body and letting it fall 
heavily on the soft dirt. (See Hutton, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 6, 
1837, p. 689.) 
Chas. L. Camp, 
American Museum, New York. 
A RARE AND INTERESTING WASP 
Last summer, when in company with Mr. G. P. Engelhardt of 
Brooklyn, N. Y., on a day's trip in the mountains back of Pasadena, 
three specimens of Vespn snlphurea workers were taken. This wasp 
was not before represented in the Brooklyn or New York collections. 
The nesting habits are unknown and a knowledge of them is 
very much desired. Nests are built underground, above ground, on 
bushes, weeds or grass or high up in branches of trees. V. sulphurea 
is one of three of our species of Vespa whose nesting habits are un- 
known. The closely allied Vespa\ Carolina builds the nest under- 
ground. This problem will be investigated next year, as well as 
collecting specimens of the queens and males. 
F. GRINNELL, JR., 
Pasadena, California. 
ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE LORQUIN NATURAL 
HISTORY CLUB 
Geological Section, Tuesday evening, June 18th, at 7:30 o'clock, 
in the Music Room of the Public Library. Mr. E. E. Hadley is in 
charge of the geological work of the Club, and will be glad to corre- 
spond with anyone interested in the subject. Address 123 So. First 
St., Alhambra, Cal. 
