piceous

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Black, with cinereous tomentum; antennæ rather stout; legs piceous; wings greyish; veins black; radial and cubital veins thick; radial vein extending to the fork of the subapical.

From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various

Deep black, shining, very minutely punctured; head smooth; antennæ piceous; posterior tarsi whitish, with black tips; wings limpid, veins whitish, black towards the base; halteres snow-white.

From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various

Antennæ piceous; fore part of the pectus, abdomen and legs tawny, the latter with diffuse blackish bands; wings grey, veins black, with the usual structure, tawny towards the base; halteres testaceous.

From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various

Coal-black, hardly shining; antennæ piceous; thorax and abdomen very minutely punctured; thorax with a stripe of cinereous tomentum; posterior tarsi white; wings blackish, veins black.

From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various

DESCRIPTION.—Called melanodon from the remarkable colouring of its teeth, which are piceous and white-tipped; colour uniform fuscous, scarcely paler beneath.

From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Sterndale, Robert Armitage