METHODS OF PROTECTING AND PROPAGATING THE 



LOBSTER, WITH A BRIEF OUTLINE OF ITS 



NATURAL HISTORY. 



PLATES XIII TO XXIX and XXXVI. 



BY EARNEST AV. BARNES. 



ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF THE WICKFORD EXPERIMENT STATION. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Introduction 122 



I. Natural History of the Lobster 123 



1. Distribution 123 



2. Natural Home and Migrations 124 



3. Food 124 



4. Length of Life 125 



5. Molting and Growth 125 



6. Regeneration 126 



7. Sexual Maturity 126 



8. Spawning Habits 127 



9. Larval Stages 127 



10. Adolescent Period 128 



11. Some Peculiar Means of Self-Preservation 129 



12. Sensibility to Light 129 



13 Enemies 130 



