T44 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



Bremia caricis Felt 



1907 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bill, no, p. 128; separate, p. 32 

 (MycodiplOsis) 



1908 N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 395 



This fuscous, yellowish species was taken June 15, igo6 on sedge, 



Carex, at Nassau, N. Y. 



Male. Length i mm. Antennae one-half longer than the body, 

 thickly haired, light brown; 14 segments, the fifth with stems thrice 

 their diameters. Palpi; the first segment subquadrate, the second 

 one-fourth longer, more slender, the third a little longer than the 

 second, more slender, the fourth longer than the third, more slender. 

 Face pale yellowish. Mesonotum dark brown, the .submedian lines 

 yellowish, sparsely setose. Scutellum light yellow, sparsely setose, 

 postscutellum orange yellow. Abdomen thickly setose, fuscous 

 yellow, the terminal segments pale orange. Genitalia fuscous 

 yellow. Wings hyaline, costa light brown. Halteres yellowish trans- 

 parent basally, fuscous apically. Legs pale straw; claws long, 

 strongly curv^ed basally. Genitalia; dorsal plate broad, deeply and 

 triangularly incised, the lobes broadly rounded; ventral plate long, 

 stout, slightly incised, the lobes narrowly rounded. Type Cecid. 

 292. (See plate 8, fig. 6, plate 9, fig. 4) 



Bremia borealis Felt 

 1914 Felt, E. P. N. Y. Ent. Soc. Jour., 22: 130-31 



This species, distinguished by the longer distal enlargement of 

 the fifth antennal segment and the distinct subapical swelling of the 

 terminal clasp segment, was collected by C. P. Alexander August 

 24, 1909, in a quarry at Woodworth's lake in the Adirondacks, 

 altitude 1540 feet. 



Bremia tristis Felt 



1914 Felt, E. P. N. Y. Ent. Soc. Jour., 22: 131 



This midge, allied to B. p o d o p h y 1 1 a e Felt, was taken by 

 C. P. Alexander August 10, 1909, in a stone quarry at Woodworth's 

 lake in the Adirondacks, altitude 1500 feet. It is most readily 

 distinguished from its near relatives by the broadly and roundly 

 emarginate dorsal plate. 



Bremia montana Felt 



1914 Felt, E. P. N. Y. Ent. Soc. Jour., 22 : 131-32 



This midge, distinguished from other species of Bremia having 

 the antennal stems unequal by the length of the basal portion, was 

 taken by C. P. Alexander July 21, 1909, on Impatiens at Mountain 

 lake in the Adirondacks, altitude 1590 feet. 



