HAWK-MOTHS OF THE VICINITY OF NEW YORK CITY 



i. Hemaris thysbe. 



:. H., var. floridensis. 



If., var. mficaudis. 



Very common, especially in gardens. Double-brooded. It 

 flies in the day in the sunshine during the hitter part of May and 

 early June and again late in July and early in August. The 

 variety mficaudis (Fig. 2) is less common than thysbe. A 

 nd variety, floridensis, is very rare in this vicinity, but 

 immoD southward. The species ranges from Labrador to 

 Florida and westward to the Mississippi. The caterpillar f< 

 on different kinds of Viburnum. Formsa pupa on the ground 

 in a loose cocoon. 



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 a this neighborhood. Double-1 ring 



