14 C. G. Wright, T. P. Nuhn, and H. E. Dupree, Jr. 



Identified wood cockroach species with the number trapped in 

 parentheses are Ischnoptera deropeltiformis (Brunner) (1), Parcobh.tta 

 bolliana (Saussure and Zehnter) (4), P. fulvescens (Saussure and 

 Zehnter) (25), P. lata (Brunner) (3), P. pennsylvanica (DeGeer) (10), P. 

 uhleriana (Saussure) (113), P. virginica (Brunner) (15), and Cariblatta 

 lutea lutea (Saussure and Zehnter) (1). Hagenbuch et al. (1988) trapped 

 Eurocytis floridana most frequently and C. lutea lutea second, during a 

 survey of species around Florida suburban homes. 



All of the wood cockroaches trapped in our study have been 

 previously reported in North Carolina (Hebard 1917, Brimley 1938); 

 however, this is the first survey that documents their occurrence near 

 North Carolina houses. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. — The authors wish to extend their apprecia- 

 tion for assistance in the identification of Parcoblatta spp. discussed in 

 this study to D. G. Cochran of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State 

 University, Blacksburg, Va., and to D. R. Nickle of the Systematic 

 Entomology Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture. Thanks are 

 given to K. B. Corrette McGiffen, R. A. Diehl, M. K. Henessey, and 

 D. L. Stephan, of North Carolina State University, who assisted in 

 identification of specimens to order, family, and subfamily, and to Dr. 

 L. A. Nelson, Emeritus Professor of Statistics, North Carolina State 

 University, who suggested the method of statistical analysis and verified 

 the results obtained from the analyses. 



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