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Torulopsis sp. 

 Natural host. — Ootheca of Blatta orientalis, Italy (Ronzoni, 1949). 



Family MONILIACEAE 



Spicaria prasina (Maublanc) Sawada 



Natural liost. — Ischnoptera rufa rufa, Puerto Rico (Wolcott, 

 1950) : A dead specimen of this cockroach was found stuck to a leaf 

 and covered with this fungus. 



Aspergillus flavus Link 



Natural hosts. — Oothecae of BlatfeUa gcrmanica and Eiirycotis 

 floridana, U.S.A., Pennsylvania (Roth and Willis, unpublished data, 

 1952) : On outer surface. Determination by Miss Mary Downing. 



Oothecae of Pcriplaneta americana, U.S.A., Pennsylvania (Roth 

 and Willis, unpublished data, 1952) : Inside oothecae. Determination 

 by Miss Mary Downing. 



* Aspergillus f umigatus Fresenius 



Natural vector. — Blatta orientalis, France (Sartory and Clerc, 

 1908) : From intestine. 



* Aspergillus niger van Tieghem 



Natural vector. — Periplaneta americana, U.S.A., Texas (McShan 

 in Roth and Willis, 1957a) : From feces. 



Experimental vector. — Blatta orientalis, Italy (Cao, 1898) : Organ- 

 ism passed unchanged through the gut of the insects. 



Aspergillus sydowi (Bainier and Sartory) Thorn and Church 



Natural host. — Ootheca of Eiirycotis floridana, U.S.A., Pennsyl- 

 vania (Roth and Willis, unpublished data, 1952) : On outer surface. 

 Determination by ]\Iiss Mary Downing. 



Aspergillus tamarii Kita 



Natural host. — Oothecae of Blattella germanica, U.S.A., Pennsyl- 

 vania (Roth and Willis, unpublished data, 1952) : On exterior sur- 

 face. Determination by Miss Mary Downing. 



Aspergillus sp.? 



Natural and e.xperimental vector. — Blaitella germanica, on ship- 

 board (Morrell, 1911) : Isolated from feces. Experimentally Morrell 

 also showed that the spores of the fungus could be recovered from 

 feces of cockroaches that had fed on them. 



