The evening primrose, with outstretched filaments, hangs a golden necklace about the welcome murmuring noctuid, while the various orchids excel in the ingenuity of their salutations.
"My Studio Neighbors"
William Hamilton Gibson
How greatly instincts may change, that is to say, may be adapted, is shown by the case of the noctuid "shark" moth, Xylina vetusta.
"Darwin and Modern Science"
A.C. Seward and Others