piceous

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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

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

Head smooth; antennæ piceous; tarsi whitish; wings blackish cinereous, veins black; halteres snow-white.

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

Thorax with a broad piceous stripe; abdomen piceous.

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