REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 



XX. List of Tables. 



1. The actual length of lobsters during the first 10 stages at Woods Hole, 



Mass 157 



2. Summary of Herrick's statistics for the rate of growth of the first 10 



stages of lobsters raised at Woods Hole, Mass 157 



3. Showing the increase in length of lobsters at time of molting (Herrick) . 158 



4. Herrick's estimate of the length of lobsters during the first 30 stages. . 159 



5. Summary of some observations on the rate of growth of the first 11 



stages of the American lobster 167 



6. Comparison of percentages of increase in length per stage for the first 



11 stages of the American lobster 168 



7. Showing the size of some normal average lobsters raised at Wickford, 



R. I., in the summer of 1905 169 



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



appendages 172 



9. Measurements of lobsters hatched in 1900, showing growth during the 



first simimer at Wickford, R.I 174 



10. (a) Measurement of lobsters hatched in 1900 between May 31 and June 



26, showing growth to November 7, 1901, Wickford, R. 1 175 



10. (b) Measurement of lobsters hatched in 1900 between May 31 and June 



26, showing growth to October 4, 1902, at Wickford, R. 1 175- 



1 1 . Showing the rate of development of the European lobster in early stages. 162 



11. (a) Showing the length of lobsters in the larval stages, raised at Wick- 



ford, R. I., in 1905 165 



12. Record of the rate of growth of 2 yearling lobsters raised from the egg 



at Wickford, R. 1 179 



13. Data on the rate of growth of lob.sters between 5 and 6 inches long, raised 



from the egg at Wickford, R. 1 182 



14. Data on the rate of growth of mutilated "chicken" lobsters at Wick- 



ford, R. 1 183 



15. Showing the successive molts of Brook's lobster, No. 1 184 



16. Showing the rate of growth of Brook's lobster, No. 2 184 



17. Statistics concerning some of the "giant" lobsters of both European 



and American species 192 



18. An estimate of the rate of growth of the American lobster from time 



of hatching to attaimnent of greatest known size 194 



19. Showing the effect of variation in temperature upon the rate of growth 



of lobster fry of the first 3 stages at Wickford, R.I 198 



