Synonymy.—Evania sericea Cameron [Townes, 1949, personal communication, 1956]. Evania impressa Schletterer [Townes, p. c., 1956].
Natural hosts.—Cutilia soror and Neostylopyga rhombifolia, Hawaii (Swezey, 1929).
Periplaneta americana and Periplaneta australasiae, Hawaii (Swezey, 1929; Zimmerman, 1948).
Periplaneta sp., Fiji (Lever, 1943, 1946).
Adults are sometimes found resting on leaves covered with honey dew (Williams et al., 1931).
Zeuxevania splendidula Costa
Natural hosts.—Loboptera decipiens, France (Lavagne, 1914; Genieys, 1924).
Picard (1913) believed that Z. splendidula parasitized L. decipiens and not its eggs; however, Lavagne (1914) explained the true relationship by dissecting two specimens of Z. splendidula from oöthecae of L. decipiens.
The following information is taken from Genieys (1924): Oviposition.—Wasp egg is introduced into the still-soft oötheca before the wall hardens. Some oöthecae had four oviposition scars but never contained more than two parasite eggs. Development.—Larva commences development in July or August. Only one larva completes development, but it eats all the eggs in the oötheca. The wasp passes the winter as a last instar larva and pupates in the spring; the adult emerges during the spring or in June. Hyperparasitism.—About 10 percent of the oöthecae of Loboptera decipiens that were parasitized by Z. splendidula were also hyperparasitized by an eulophid (see Syntomosphyrum ischnopterae, p. [249]).