30 HAWK-MOTHS OF THE VICINITY OF NEW YORK CITY 
46. Smerinthus myops. 
Sometimes rather common. It is double-brooded, the first 
brood appearing in June and July and the second in August. 
Found from Canada to Florida and westward to the Mississippi. 
The caterpillar feeds on wild and cultivated cherry. Enters the 
ground to pupate. 
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47. Smerinthus astylus. 
This rare species may be known by its plain orange brown 
colors and markings. Double-brooded, the first brood appearing 
late in May and early in June, and the second coming out 
in July and August. Found from Canada to Pennsylvania, 
and probably also southward and westward. The caterpillar 
feeds on huckleberry, dangleberry and Andromeda ligustrina. 
Enters the ground to pupate. 
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