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Holoconipsa nitidula, Trinidad (Princis and Kevan, 1955) : Eating 

 banana pulp. 



Hormetica laevigata, Wales (Sandemann, 1934) : Adventive, in pile 

 of banana sacks. 



Hormetica ventralis, Sweden (Princis, 1947) : Adventive, in local 

 warehouse of banana company. 



Hormetica spp., Europe and North America (Bei-Bienko, 1950) : 

 Adventive, introduced with bananas and other tropical fruits. 



Ischnoptera rufa rufa, Puerto Rico (Wolcott, 1950) : Brought into 

 houses on bunches of bananas. 



Kuchinga retnota. Society Islands, Moorea (Hebard, 1933a) : In 

 dead banana leaves. 



Lamproblatta alhipalpus, Panama Canal Zone (Hebard, 1920) : 

 Several under decayed banana stem. 



La^i/^/ai^^//a sp., Finland (Frey, 1948) : Adventive. 



Leucophaea maderae, New York (Hebard, 1917) : Adventive. 

 Dominica (Rehn and Hebard, 1927) : Under banana sheaths. Eng- 

 land (Palmer, 1928) : Adventive, captured at railroad station after 

 bananas had been unloaded. England (Bunting, 1955) : Adventive, 

 from Dominica. Trinidad (Princis and Kevan, 1955) : Nymph, 

 eating bananas in cupboard. Puerto Rico (Sein, 1923) : Sein stated 

 that bananas are the favorite food of L. maderae. 



Litopeltis bispinosa, Panama Canal Zone (Hebard, 1920) : From 

 rotting banana stalks at bases of leaves. 



Litopeltis musarimi, Costa Rica (Rehn, 1928) : Shaken from dead 

 banana leaves. 



Nauclidas nigra, England (Bunting, 1955, 1956) : Adventive, from 

 Dominica. 



Nauphoeta flexivitta, Denmark (Vestergaard, 1958) : Adventive. 



Neoblattella carcinus, Neoblattella celeripes, and Neoblattella 

 laodamia, England (Bunting, 1956) : Adventive, from Dominica. 

 Bunting (1955) first reported these as Neoblattella spp, and stated 

 that they were common. 



Neoblattella deter sa, Jamaica (Rehn and Hebard, 1927) : From 

 under the bracts of banana blossoms. Sweden (Princis, 1947) : Ad- 

 ventive. 



Neoblattella detersa and Neoblattella tridens, Finland (Frey, 

 1948) : Adventive. 



Neoblattella fratercula, Nebraska (Hebard, 1916b) : Adventive. 



Neoblattella semota, Jamaica (Rehn and Hebard, 1927) : From 

 under drying bracts of banana blossoms. 



