In addition to the above records of cockroaches being used as food by man these insects have also been eaten for medicinal purposes (see Roth and Willis, 1957a). Order EDENTATA Family DASYPODIDAE =Dasypus novemcinctus= Linnaeus _Synonymy._--_Tatu novemcinctum_ [Johnson, personal communication, 1958]. _Natural prey._--_Ischnoptera deropeltiformis_, Texas (Hebard, 1917): A specimen of this cockroach in the U. S. National Museum was taken from the stomach of the armadillo. Order RODENTIA Family MURIDAE =Mus musculus= Linnaeus _Experimental prey._--_Diploptera punctata_, U.S.A. (Eisner, 1958). =Rattus norvegicus= (Berkenhout) _Synonymy._--_Mus decumanus; Epimys norvegicus._ _Natural prey._--_Leucophaea maderae_, Venezuela (Brumpt, 1931): Rats infested with _Protospirura bonnei_ presumably ate this cockroach which is the intermediate host of the worm. _Periplaneta americana_, Brazil (Magalhães, 1898): Remains found in the stomachs of brown rats. Denmark (Fibiger and Ditlevsen, 1914): This cockroach was found to be the intermediate host of _Gongylonema neoplasticum_, a parasite of rats. =Rattus rattus= (Linnaeus) _Natural prey._--_Periplaneta americana_, Denmark (Fibiger and Ditlevsen, 1914): See comment after these authors under _Rattus norvegicus_. =Rattus= spp. _Natural prey._--Cockroaches, India (Maxwell-Lefroy, 1909); Burma (Subramanian, 1927). 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 maxillaris_. 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 was successfully infected when fed cockroaches 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 _Prosthenorchis 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.