Distribution.—U.S.A.: Connecticut south to Georgia; Ohio, Wisconsin, Missouri, Kansas; in open woods (Krombein, 1951).
Ampulex compressa (Fabricius)
(Pl. 35)
Synonymy.—Guĕpe ichneumon of Réaumur [Williams, 1929]; Chlorion (Ampulex) compressum.
Natural hosts.—Periplaneta americana, New Caledonia (Lucas, 1879); India (Dutt, 1912); Reunion (Bordage, 1912).
Periplaneta australasiae, Hawaii (Swezey, 1944).
Periplaneta sp., India (Maxwell-Lefroy, 1909).
Cockroach. Mauritius (Réaumur, 1742); Burma (Bingham, 1897).
Experimental hosts.—Neostylopyga rhombifolia, Periplaneta americana, and Periplaneta australasiae, Hawaii (Williams, 1942, 1942a). Zimmerman's (1948) listings probably were taken from Williams.