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REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 



Table No. 8. 



Data on the molting period of lobsters having one or more regenerating 

 appendages.^ 



§Data from Emmel, ('04). 



*In these sixteen lobsters it will be noticed that the molting period of the 5th and 6th 

 stages was much longer than the normal period. See previous table. 



The average duration of the normal 5th stage was 9i days, and for the 6th stage 12.7 days, 

 but in these regenerating lobsters the average period for the 5th stage was 12 days, and for the 

 6th stage 19 days. 



tLobsters 18, 20, 21, and 22 had regenerating appendages in the 4th stage, but had attained 

 nearly normal condition during the 5th stage. In this latter stage it will be seen that the molt- 

 ing period had dropped back to the normal length of 9i days. 



