288 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. I4I 



Family CAVIIDAE 



Cavia sp. 



Experimental prey. — Blattella germanica, U.S.A. (Hobmaier, 

 1941) : Guinea pigs were fed cockroaches infested with Physaloptera 

 maxillaris. 



Order CARNIVORA 



Family CANIDAE 



Canis familiaris Linnaeus 



Experimental prey. — Blattella germanica, U.S.A. (Hobmaier, 

 1941) : Dogs were fed cockroaches infested with Physaloptera maxil- 

 laris. U.S.A. (Petri and Ameel, 1950) : Cockroaches infested with 

 Physaloptera rara were fed to a dog. 



Canis latrans Say 



Experimental prey. — Blattella germanica, U.S.A. (Petri and Ameel, 

 1950) : Cockroaches infested with Physaloptera rara were fed to a 

 coyote. 



Vulpes sp. 



Experimental prey. — Blattella germanica, France (Brumpt and 

 Urbain, 1938a) : A fox w^as successfully infected when fed cock- 

 roaches infested with Prosthenorchis elegans and P. spirula. 



Family PROCYONIDAE 

 Bassariscus astutus (Lichtenstein) 



Common names. — Cacomistle, ring-tailed cat. 



Natural prey. — Cockroaches, U.S.A., Arizona (Dr. H. Stahnke, 

 personal communication, 1953) : The ring-tailed cat enters dwellings 

 located on the desert and feeds on cockroaches and other arthropods. 



Nasua narica (Linnaeus) 



Natural prey. — Blattella germanica, France (Brumpt and Urbain, 

 1938) : The coati apparently became infested naturally with Pros- 

 thenorchis spirula for which B. germanica was the intermediate host 

 in the laboratory. 



Nasua nasua (Linnaeus) 



Natural prey. — Blattella germanica, on board ship (Myers, 1931) : 

 This insect was eaten when other insects were absent. 



Cockroach, a small outdoor species, Trinidad (Myers, 1931). 



