134 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. I4I 



Order HYPOCREALES 

 Family HYPOCREACEAE 

 Cordyceps amazonica Hennings 

 Natural host. — Cockroaches, British Honduras (Mains, 1940), 



Cordyceps blattae Fetch 



Natural host. — Blattella germanica, Ceylon (Petch, 1924) : Col- 

 lected at Hakgala twice. A slight covering of brown mycelium over- 

 ran the insect and fastened it to the underside of a living leaf. 



Order LABOULBENIALES 



Family LABOULBENIACEAE 



Herpomyces amazonicus Thaxter 



Natural host. — Nyctibora ohsciira, Brazil, Natal (Thaxter, 1931) : 

 On antennae. 



Herpomyces anaplectae Thaxter 



Natural hosts. — Anaplecta sp., Venezuela, Caracas (Thaxter, 1905, 

 1908) ; Trinidad (Thaxter, 1931) : On antennae. 

 Cockroach, Sumatra (Thaxter, 1931). 



Herpomyces appendiculatus Thaxter 



Natural host. — Platysostcria scahra, Australia, N.S.W. (Thaxter, 

 1 931): On antennae. 



Herpomyces arietinus Thaxter 



Natural hosts. — Ischnoptera sp., U.S.A., Georgia (Thaxter, 1908). 



Parcoblatta uhleriana, U.S.A., Massachusetts (Roth, unpublished 

 data, 1957) : The nymphs were in a culture of Parcoblatta virginica 

 which was infected with this fungus ; it is possible that these P. 

 uhleriana became infected by contact with P. virginica. Fungus iden- 

 tified by Dr. R. K. Benjamin. 



Parcoblatta virginica, U.S.A., Massachusetts (Roth, unpublished 

 data, 1957) : Fungus determined by Dr. R. K. Benjamin. Fungus 

 found on antennae, palpi, legs, body surface (pi. 27, A). 



Parcoblatta sp., U.S.A., Kentucky, Massachusetts (Thaxter, 1902, 

 1908) : On antennae. 



It is likely that Thaxter's host records (certainly those assigned to 

 Temnopteryx and possibly those assigned to Ischnoptera) were spe- 

 cies of Parcoblatta. Hebard (1917) has shown that all the species 



