BIOTIC ASSOCIATIONS OF COCKROACHES — ROTH & WILLIS l6l 



Family APOCYNACEAE 



Vinca minor Linnaeus 



Associate. — Ectobius pallidus, Massachusetts (Willis, unpublished 

 observation, 1958). 



Family CONVOLVULACEAE 



Ipomoea tiliasea Choisy 



Associate. — Plectoptera dorsalis, Puerto Rico (Rehn and Hebard, 

 1927). 



Family BORAGINACEAE 

 Cordia dentata Poiret 



Synonymy. — Calyptracordia alba [Howard, personal communica- 

 tion, 1958]. 



Associates. — Cariblatta antiguensis, Ischnoptera rufa rufa, Supella 

 supellectilium, Symploce ruficollis and Symploce hospes, St. Croix, 

 Virgin Islands (Beatty, 1944) : On fruits of C. dentata except .S. 

 supellectilium which was found at night on the flowers. 



Family VERBENACEAE 



Citharexylum villosum Jacq. 



Associate. — Chorisoneura texensis, Florida (Rehn and Hebard, 

 1912). 



Family SOLANACEAE 



Nicotiana sp. 



Associate. — Pycnoscelus surinamensis, Sumatra (Roeser, 1940). 



Solanum tuberosum Linnaeus 



Associate. — Pycnoscelus surinamensis, Haiti (Hoffman, 1927) : 

 Feeding on tubers in field. 



Family GESNERIACEAE 

 Cyrtandra sp. 

 Associate. — Aneurina viridis, Marquesas Islands, Nukuhiva (He- 

 bard, 1933a). 



Family RUBIACEAE 



Canthium barbatum (Forst.) Seem. 



Associate. — Graptoblatta notidata, Marquesas Islands, Uahuka 

 (Hebard, 1933a). 



