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Table No. 1. 

 {Herrick's Table No. 25.) Actital length of lobsters during the first 10 stages 

 at Woods Hole, Alass. 



Number or Molt or Stage. 



Average Extremes 



length. I in length. 



Number of 



lobsters 

 examined. 



10. 



Using as a basis this table, together with one other (Herrick's Table 

 No. 35), we can formulate the following scheme, which briefly summa- 

 rizes the results of Herrick's observations on the first ten stages, with 

 reference to (1) average length, (2) increase in length at molts, (3) 

 percentage of increase, and (4) average age of individuals in a single 

 .stage. 



Table No. 2. 



Summary of Herrick's statistics for first 10 stages of lobsters 

 Raised at Woods Hole, Mass. 



♦Average per cent, of mcrease for the 10 stages is about 15.2. 



