272 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. I4I 



Neostylopyga rhomhifolia, U.S.A. (Dr. T. Eisner, personal com- 

 munication, 1958.) 



Frogs 



Natural prey. — Blatta orientalis, U.S.A. (Rau, 1924) : Frogs 

 which escaped from a tank in the cellar consumed quantities of this 

 cockroach. 



Parcohlatta pensylvanica, U.S.A. (Frost, 1924) : One adult speci- 

 men recovered from alimentary canal of a frog, probably Rana sp. 



Unidentified batrachians 



Experimental prey. — Blattella germanica, Germany, Frankfurt am 

 Main, Zoological Garden (Lederer, 1952) : These insects v^ere pre- 

 ferred by all the insect eaters in the zoo. 



Periplaneta americana, Germany, Frankfurt am Main, Zoological 

 Garden (Lederer, 1952) : Newly molted individuals were accepted 

 as food, but others were usually passed by or consumed unwillingly. 



Class REPTILIA^ 



Order CHELONIA 



Family EMYDIDAE 



Chrysemys picta (Schneider) 



Common name. — Painted turtle. 



Natural prey. — Periplaneta australasiae, England (Lucas, 1916, 

 1920) : The cockroach, apparently injured, fell into water in the tor- 

 toise house, Zoological Gardens, Regent's Park, and the terrapin ate it. 



Order SAURIA 



Family GEKKONIDAE 



Gekko gecko (Linnaeus) 



Natural prey. — Cockroaches, Philippine Islands, Laguna (Villa- 

 dolid, 1934) : The geckos frequent holes in trees and underside of 

 bark which are favorable haunts of cockroaches. Stomach contents 

 mostly Blattidae and "Locustidae." 



Hemidactylus frenatus Dumeril and Bibron 



Common name. — House lizard. 



Natural prey. — Cockroaches, Philippine Islands, Laguna (Villa- 

 dolid, 1934) : Bulk of stomach contents of 22 lizards consisted of 

 Orthoptera, mostly cockroaches. 



