3 o HAWK-MOTHS OF THE VICINITY OF NEW YORK CITY 



46. Smerinthus my ops. 



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. 



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. 



