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b. Tabulation of Results. 



The records for series A, A^, and A^ are arranged in Tables I, 

 II, and III, respectively. The tables include the date of molting 

 to the fourth and fifth stages; the time of mutilation; and the condi- 

 tion of the specimen after each molt. The lobsters which died 

 before molting to the fifth stage are not included in the tables. In 

 every case where the specimen did not show regenerated chelipeds 

 at the time of molting, the data for the molting period is placed in 

 separate columns in Tables II and III. It may be noticed, also, that 

 the data in all tables have been arranged in the order in which the 

 individuals molted to the fifth stage. 



Chart VIII shows the frequency curves plotted for the data in 

 Tables I and III. For the purpose of graphically comparing the 

 frequency of molts in successive days for series A^ and series A^, 

 the lobsters have been grouped according to the number of individuals 

 molting on the same day in each series. In Fig. I the ordinates 

 ■show the number of individuals which molted on the dates indicated 

 on the abscissae. 



