Smithsonian miscellaneous collections . :0 i— P u o > 5 *3 fi fe -c ?£ oas Sifi bh Uh SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 122, NO. 12, PL. 10. Figs. 72-72,- The evaniid Prosevania punctata (Brulle) which parasitizes theeggs of the American and oriental cockroaches. 72, Male with an oothecaof Periplancta americana. X 4- 73, Female with an ootheca of Blatta oricn-talis. X 3-3- Notice the size of these wasps in relation to the oothecae andcompare with figure 67. Plate ii Figs. 74-79. Pycnoscelns surinamensis forming and retracting an egg case,August 18, 1953. Notice position of her head
Smithsonian miscellaneous collections . :0 i— P u o > 5 *3 fi fe -c ?£ oas Sifi bh Uh SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 122, NO. 12, PL. 10. Figs. 72-72,- The evaniid Prosevania punctata (Brulle) which parasitizes theeggs of the American and oriental cockroaches. 72, Male with an oothecaof Periplancta americana. X 4- 73, Female with an ootheca of Blatta oricn-talis. X 3-3- Notice the size of these wasps in relation to the oothecae andcompare with figure 67. Plate ii Figs. 74-79. Pycnoscelns surinamensis forming and retracting an egg case,August 18, 1953. Notice position of her head with the frons ventrad. 74,9:30 The female is forming and simultaneously extruding the egg case;the seam of the egg case is dorsad. 75, 9 145 Maximum extent to whichthe female extruded her egg case; about 24 eggs protrude beyond the endof the abdomen. The axes of the eggs are still vertical. 76, 9:55 a. a period of 10 minutes the female rotated the egg case, seam to herleft, and retracted most of it into her brood sac. 77, 10:00 78, 10:01 , 10:01+ The egg case was completely retracted by 10 , atwhich t
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