1809 Shaw Gen. Zool. VII. ii. 303The wing-feathers are brown, but rufo-testaceous at their base. 
1817 Kirby & Sp. Introd. Entom. (1818) II. xix. 126The..scales that defend the base of the wings are rufo-piceous. 
Ibid. ,The tarsi and the apex of the tibiæ are rufo-fulvous. 
1842 Penny Cycl. XXII. 53/1Shell..painted with small, rufo-fuscous,..subfasciculated lines. 
1847 Proc. Berw. Nat. Club II. 244Legs, mouth, and palpi rufo-ferruginous. 
1868 Watts Dict. Chem. ,Rubinic Acid, also called Rufocatechuic acid. 
ORIGIN: from Latin  rufus  red: see -o-