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REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 



Table VI. 

 Group I. 



No. 



1 

 2 

 3 



4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 

 10 



4th Stage. 



Date of 

 Moult. 



Stage 

 Period. 



5th St.^ge. 



Date of 

 Moult. 



July 27.. 

 July 27.. 

 July 27.. 

 July 24.. 

 July 27.. 

 July 26.. 

 July 26.. 

 July 27.. 

 July 27.. 

 July 27.. 



Stage 

 Period. 



13 da. 

 13 da. 

 13 da. 

 16 da. 



13 da. 



14 da. 

 13 da. 

 13 da. 

 13 da. 

 13 da. 



Average 13.4 da. 



6th Stage. 



Date of 

 Moult. 



Stage 

 Period. 



jAug. 9. . . . 

 Aug. 9. . . . 



Aug. 9 



Aug. 9 . . . 



Aug. 9 



Aug. 9 



Aug. 9 



Aug. 9. . . 

 Aug. 9. . . 

 Aug. 7 . . . 



12 da. . . 

 14 da. . . 



14 da. . . 

 18 da. . . 



15 da.. . 

 28 da. . . 



28 da. . . 

 18 da.. 



29 da.. 



13 da.. 



Average 19 da. 



7th Stage. 



Date of 

 Moult. 



Aug. 21. 

 Aug. 23. 

 Aug. 23. 

 Aug. 27. 

 Aug. 24. 

 Sept. 6.. 

 Sept. 6.. 

 Aug. 27. 

 Sept. 7.. 

 Aug. 20 



Stage 

 Period. 



Group II. 



July 12.. 

 July 12.. 

 July 12.. 

 July 12.. 



15 da. 



15 da. 



16 da. 

 19 da. 



Average 16 da. 



jJuly 27.... I 7 da. 

 ;july 27....' 10 da. 

 July 28.... 1 12 da. 

 July 31.. ..! 9 da. 



Average 9^ da. 



Aug. 3.. 

 Aug. 6 . . 

 Aug. 9.. 

 Aug. 10. 



Group I in this table contains the moulting periods for the fifth 

 and sixth stages of ten lobsters in which the right cheliped was re- 

 moved immediately after each moult. It will be seen that the average 

 length of the periods was 13.4 days for the fifth, and 19 days for the 

 sixth stages. 



A comparison of the length of the stages of these mutilated lob- 

 sters with the corresponding stages of the normal lobsters discloses 

 the interesting fact that in the regenerating lobsters the length of the 

 fifth stage was jortji 'per cent, and that of the sixth stage thirty-three per 

 cent, greater than the corresponding normal stages. Tliis indicates that 



