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Hyptia reticulata Say 



Natural host. — Parcoblatta pensylvanica, U.S.A., Missouri (Rau, 

 1940). 



Adult wasps have been taken on parsnip, Pastinaca sativa (Robert- 

 son, 1928). 



Distribution. — U.S.A. : Pennsylvania to Florida and Louisiana. 

 Mexico. Upper Austral to Tropical Zones (Townes, 1951). 



Hyptia thoracica (Blanchard) 



Natural host. — Parcoblatta pensylvanica, U.S.A., Ohio (Edmunds, 

 1952a, 1953a, 1954). 



Adult behavior. — Copulation was rapid, lasting only a few seconds. 

 Blooms of Asmorrhisa longistylis were placed in a cage with adult 

 wasps. The insects were attracted to and fed on the flowers (Ed- 

 munds, 1954). 



Development. — Entire contents of ootheca are eaten by the single 

 larva. Last instar larva overwinters inside the o5theca. Emergence in 

 Ohio was around the middle of June. The emergence hole made by 

 this genus was about 2 mm. in diameter. The hole was made at the 

 top side of the ootheca near one end. Adult took about 65 minutes 

 to emerge from the time its mandibles first broke through the oothecal 

 wall. (Edmunds, 1954.) 



Distribution. — Canada, Ontario, U.S.A. : Connecticut to Wiscon- 

 sin, south to Florida and Texas. Upper Austral to Tropical Zones. 

 (Townes, 1951.) 



Hyptia sp. 



Natural host. — Cariblatta delicatula, Cuba (Hebard, 1916a) ; Para- 

 site identified by Ashmead. 



Hyptia sp. (undescribed) 

 Natural host. — Parcoblatta sp., U.S.A., Ohio (Edmunds, 1952a). 



Prosevania punctata (Brulle) 



Synonymy. — Evania punctata Brulle [Townes, 1949]. 



Natural and experimental hosts. — Blatta orientalis, Istrian Penin- 

 sula (Fahringer, 1922) ; Algeria (Cros, 1942) ; U.S.A., Ohio (Ed- 

 munds, 1954). 



Blattellagermanicaf Europe? (Girault 1907, 1914) ; Europe (Fahr- 

 inger, 1922). [The records on this host are extremely doubtful. 

 Girault erroneously cited Marlatt (1902) as the source of this record ; 

 see footnote 6, page 236. Fahringer, however, claimed that he obtained 



