i;i:i'oi;t of commissi. )NT.i;s or inland iisheiiif.s. 



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number of eggs deposited varies with the size of the lobsters, and 

 probably also with other conditions, since one lobster may bear 

 three times as many eggs as another of the same size. The num- 

 ber of eggs is known to vary from 3,01)0 to over 90,000, as may be 

 seen by consulting- the following table: 



Length <>( 

 Lobster. 



TABLE No. 



Smallest 

 number 

 of eggs. 



8 



8* 

 8* 

 81 

 9 



9i 

 QJ- 

 9f 

 10 

 10* 

 10* 

 10f 

 11 



ni 



1U 



nf 



12 



12* 



12* 



12| 



13 



13* 



13* 



13| 



14 



14* 



15 



15i 



15* 



15f 



16 



16i 



16* 



17 



17* 



18 



19 



inches . 



IS 



045 

 090 

 045 



090 

 045 

 090 

 045 

 045 

 045 

 090 

 045 

 090 

 045 

 090 

 045 

 180 

 ,045 

 270 

 135 

 270 

 ,090 

 360 

 090 

 630 

 ,090 

 ,315 

 ,180 



.24,360 

 .48,720 

 .24,360 



.36,540 

 .12,180 



60,900 



.60,900 



54,810 



Largest 

 number 



of eggs. 



9,135 



7,612 



12,180 



9,135 



is, 270 

 12,180 

 20,792 

 15,225 

 24,360 

 22,838 

 36,540 

 24,360 

 48,720 

 25,882 

 42,630 

 24,360 

 54,810 

 27,405 

 42,630 

 42,030 

 4S.720 

 48,720 

 54,810 

 42,630 

 85,260 

 60,900 

 07.440 



97,440 

 54,810 

 97,440 



85,260 

 85,260 

 73,080 



91,350 



01,350 



Average Number of 

 number lobsters 



of egi:*. examined. 



4.S22 



6,851 



6,935 



7,105 



7,002 



9,083 



9,207 



9,047 



1(1,555 



11,022 



12,00.", 



14,067 



15,410 



17,102 



18,668 



17,00:; 



21,351 



23,396 



24,812 



20,300 



28,610 



33,405 

 32,858 



42,630 

 36,960 

 42.008 

 10,524 

 54,810 

 53, 705 

 50,750 

 57,146 



00.000 



66,053 



03.33i; 

 64,960 



77,431) 

 77,047 



6 



2 



9 



3 



143 



35 



241 



55 



514 



61 



53,2 



45 



568 



4:', 



307 



11 



414 



8 



156 



12 



321 



5 



146 



■1 



426 



90 



280 



1 



45 



3 



103 



1 



13 



30 



3 



7 



4 



Total number examined 4,645 



Table of the production of eggs compiled by F. II. Herrick from 4,645 

 observations upon egg lobsters brought from various localities into the U. 

 S. F. C. lobster hatchery at Woods Holl. See Herrick, p. 51.) 



