THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 59 



AGAIN RILEYA. 



BY L. O. HOWARD, WASHINGTON, D. C. 



If all controversial writings were as happy as Mr. Ashmead's last, 

 readers of the Canadi.\n Entomologist would not regret the space 

 occupied, and I am glad that one side of the controversy is interesting 

 reading, i hope 1 may be allowed space to say that Mr. 'Ashmead 

 admits in conversation that he has erred in his statement that my first 

 publication of the description of Rileya was in the Canadi\n Entomolo- 

 gist for Oct., r888, as I have shown him the last page of Entomologica 

 Amo-icana for July, 1888. May I also state dates once more? Mr. 

 Ashmead's first mention of Rileya was published in his synoptic table in 

 Entorn. Am. for June, 1888. My full description was then in the hands 

 of Mr. Smith, and was published in Entoin. Am. for July, 1888. Mr. 

 Ashmead's full description appeared in the Kansas Agric. Exper. Station 

 Bull, in July, nine days later than mine. Entomologists following Mr. Ash- 

 mead's views are perfectly at liberty to use the excellent generic name he 

 has proposed for my Rileya, while for the use of those who adopt my 

 views, (and I am happy to say that several well-known entomologists have 

 expressed themselves in my favour), I venture to propose for the 

 Eurytomid genus which was called Rileya, the appropriate generic name 

 Ashmeadia, as indicating my appreciation of Mr. Ashmead's unflagging 

 industry as an entomological worker. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



COLIAS CHIONE, CURTIS. 



Dear Sir : It may be of interest to some of our readers, who are in- 

 terested in the genus Colias, to know that Mr. F. Fitz Payne, (who ac- 

 companied Lieut. Gordon's expedition on the " Alert " to the Arctic 

 regions), brought back amongst his collection a single e-pecimen of a 

 most peculiar green coloured female Colias. It was sent to Mr. W. H. 

 Edwards first, who examined it, but did not pronounce decidedly upon 

 its name. A few weeks ago Mr. Henry Edwards was spending an after- 

 noon with me, not long after his visit to the British Museum, and he 

 assures me I have got the % of Colias C/iione, Curtis. The only other 

 specimen known being in the British Museum. I observe that Mr. 



