The mandibles ferruginous, with their apex piceous.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology] Reference

Fuseo-piceous: pitch black with a brown tinge or admixture.    From Wordnik.com.  [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference

The tarsi obscurely rufo-piceous, the claws ferruginous; wings dark fuscous, their base hyaline.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology] Reference

Abdomen: the apical margins of the segments obscurely and narrowly rufo-piceous, the apex ferruginous.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology] Reference

Head smooth; antennæ piceous; tarsi whitish; wings blackish cinereous, veins black; halteres snow-white.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology] Reference

Thorax: the wings hyaline and brilliantly iridescent; the legs dark rufo-piceous with a bright purple tinge.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology] Reference

Abdomen petiolated, smooth and shining, with the apex and the margins of the segments narrowly rufo-piceous.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology] Reference

Mouth and antennæ testaceous; abdomen, hind femora at the tips, and fore tibiæ piceous, anterior tarsi ferruginous; wings dark grey, veins black.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology] Reference

Abdomen petiolated; the apical margins of the segments with reddish-yellow fasciæ; beneath, the margins of the segments are rufo-piceous, not fasciated.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology] Reference

Abdomen: the base of the segments depressed and very delicately and closely punctured, subopake; the apical half highly polished and shining; beneath obscurely rufo-piceous.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology] Reference

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 Wordnik.com.  [Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology] Reference

Rufo-testaceous; the mandibles and anterior margin of the face black, the inner margin of the mandibles rufo-piceous and armed with six short stout teeth, the apical tooth largest.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology] Reference

Ferruginous, entirely smooth and shining; the thorax, legs, and abdomen more or less obscure, the femora being usually rufo-piceous; the mandibles striated with their margins black.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology] Reference

Abdomen shining, very closely and delicately punctured; thinly covered with a fine white silky pile, which is very bright on the margins of the segments, which are slightly rufo-piceous.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology] Reference

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 Wordnik.com.  [Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology] Reference

Head and antennæ black, arista plumose; thorax with two slender, darker, almost obsolete stripes; hind borders of the abdominal segments black; legs piceous, femora black, coxæ tawny; wings grey, with.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology] Reference

Black, punctured and opake; the clypeus terminating in a sharp-pointed angle; the base and apex of the mandibles rufo-piceous; the scape ferruginous in front; the face with a thin, fine, griseous pubescence.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology] Reference

Deep blue-green, with tints of purple in certain lights, particularly on the head, the clypeus with a central longitudinal ridge, its anterior margin slightly emarginate; the flagellum rufo-piceous beneath, the ocelli white.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology] Reference

Abdomen shining, and with a fine silvery sericeous pile; the apical margins of the segments narrowly rufo-piceous; the terminal segment with an elongate, smooth, shining space, which extends to the apex, which is testaceous.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology] Reference

Head chalybeous; antennæ red; legs tawny, hind tibiæ piceous towards the tips, hind tarsi piceous towards the base; wings blackish, darker along the costa, cinereous towards the tips with the exception of the costa; halteres testaceous.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology] Reference

Thorax and pectus tawny, the former globose, with a black dorsal spot; abdomen tawny at the base; anterior legs testaceous, hind femora spinose beneath; wings grey, darker at the tips; stigma and veins black; halteres testaceous, with piceous tips.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology] Reference

Black; longitudinally wrinkled; elytra obscure piceous. —.    From Wordnik.com.  [Transactions of the American Philosophical Society] Reference

Black, antennae dull rufous, blackish piceous to - wards the base. —.    From Wordnik.com.  [Transactions of the American Philosophical Society] Reference

It is subject to vary in its colouring; the abdomen is often piceous, and sometimes even still paler.    From Wordnik.com.  [Transactions of the American Philosophical Society] Reference

A thin, silky, grey pile; the apical margins of the segments narrowly and obscurely rufo-piceous.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology] Reference

A little less than its length from the flexure of the præbrachial; alulæ large, yellowish white; halteres piceous.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology] Reference

"an amorphous mix of oppressive, piceous ritual incense, macerated kelp, sea salt, sticky dark ocean plants, and ... mixed chocolates.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Geeks are Sexy Technology News] Reference