Under Side. Thorax, abdomen, and sides yellowish ash-coloured. Anterior wings yellow; tips brown, and separated from the yellow by a black streak running from the lower corner to the anterior edge. Posterior wings coloured as on the upper side; the black margin being rather fainter. Margins of the wings dentated.
PLATE XIV.
EREBUS FLUCTUOSUS.
Plate [XIV]. fig. 1.
Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Nocturna. Family: Noctuidæ, Steph.
Genus. Erebus, Latr. Thysania, Dalm. Noctua, Fabr.
Erebus Fluctuosus. Alis fuscis, fasciâ communi pallidâ, marginibus latè nigris internè dentatis, anticis ocello magno auriformi. (Expans. Alar. 3 unc. 1½ lin.)
Syn. Phalæna (Noctua) fluctuosa, Drury, App. vol. 2.
Habitat: Sierra Leone.