24 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. I4I 



Arenivaga floridensis 



Florida. — Found in a burrow of Peromyscus polionotus rhoadsi 

 (Bangs), the white-footed mouse (Young, 1949). 



Arenivaga roseni 



Turkmen SS.R. — Occasionally found in burrows of Rhombomys 

 opimiis Lichtenstein ; in the burrows of the desert turtle, Testudo 

 horsfieldi Gray; and frequently in burrows of the ground squirrel, 

 Spermophilopsis leptodactylus Lichtenstein ( Vlasov, 1933 ; Vlasov 

 and Miram, 1937). 



Arenivaga tonkawa 



Texas. — An immature specimen was found in a prairie-dog hole 

 (Hebard, 1943a). 



Cariblatta lutea 



Florida. — It has been taken in burrows of the pocket gopher, 

 Geomys sp. (Hubbell and Gofif, 1940). 



Euthlastoblatta abortiva 

 Texas. — In the nests of wood rats, Ncotoma sp. (Hebard, 1917). 



Parcoblatta fulvescens 

 Texas. — In the nests of wood rats, Neotoma sp. (Hebard, 1917). 



Polyphaga aegyptiaca 



Turkmen S.S.R. — Nymphs and adult females were often found in 

 burrows of the sand mouse, Rhornboniys opimus (Vlasov, 1933). 



Polyphaga indica 



Turkmen S.S.R. — This species prefers sandy soils where it can 

 be found in burrows of Spermophilopsis leptodactylus and Pallasiomys 

 meridionalis pennicilliger Heptner (Vlasov and Miram, 1937). 



Polyphaga saussurei 

 Tadzhikistan. — Found in burrows of turtles and rodents (Zmeev, 



1936). 



Turkmen S.S.R. — Nymphs and adult females are common in bur- 

 rows of Rhombomys opimus and in burrows of Testudo horsfieldi. 

 Its principal habitat is rodent burrows in loess dust, where it is not 

 infrequently found in the food stores of the host (Vlasov and Miram, 

 1937). 



