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REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 



Table III. 



MOLTING PERIOD FOR REGENERATING FOURTH STAGE LOBSTERS, MUTILATED 

 FOUR DAYS AFTER MOLT. 



SERIES A4. 



Molted to 

 Fourth Stage. 



Date of 

 Mutilation. 



Molted to 

 Fifth Stage. 



Regener- 

 ated 

 Chelipeds. 



Period for 

 Regener- 

 ating Lob- 

 sters in 

 days. 



Period for 



Non-regen- 

 erating 

 Lobsters 

 in days. 



July 8 

 July 8; 

 July 8 

 July 8 

 Julys 

 Julys 

 Julys 

 July 8 

 Julys 

 Julys 

 Julys 

 July 8; 

 July 8; 

 July S; 

 July 8: 

 Julys 

 Julys 

 Julys 

 Julys 

 July 8 

 July 8: 

 July 8: 

 July 8; 



8 A. M. 

 8 A. M. 

 8 A. M. 

 8 A. M. 

 8 A. M. 

 8 A. M. 

 8 A. M. 

 8 A. M. 

 8 A. M. 

 8 A. M. 

 8 A. M. 

 8 A. M. 

 8 A. M. 

 S A. M. 

 8 A. M. 

 8 A. M. 

 8 A. M. 

 8 A. M. 

 8 A. M. 

 8 A. M. 

 8 A. M. 

 8 A. M. 

 S A. M. 



July 12; 

 July 12; 

 July 12; 

 July 12; 

 July 12; 

 July 12; 

 July 12; 

 July 12; 

 July 12; 

 July 12; 

 July 12; 

 July 12; 

 July 12; 

 July 12; 

 July 12; 

 July 12; 

 July 12; 

 July 12; 

 July 12; 

 July 12; 

 July 12; 

 July 12; 

 July 12; 



9 A.M. 

 9 A.M. 

 9 A. M. 

 9 A. M. 

 9A.M. 

 9 A. M. 

 9 A. M. 

 9 A. M. 

 9 A. M. 

 9 A.M. 

 9 A.M. 

 9 A. M. 

 9 A.M. 

 9 A.M. 

 9 A.M. 

 9 A. M. 

 9 A.M. 

 9 A.M. 

 9 A.M. 

 9 A.M. 

 9 A.M. 

 9 A.M. 

 9 A. M. 



12.2 

 13.0 



13.2 

 13.2 

 13.2 

 13.2 



13.2 

 13.2 

 13.2 

 13.2 

 13.2 



14.2 

 15.0 

 15.0 

 15.2 

 15.2 

 16.0 

 16.2 

 19.0 



13.2 

 13.2 



Av. 14.2 Av. 13.4 

 days. days. 



All mutilations consisted in the removal of both cheUpeds. 



-for — , respectively, indicate that the lobster did or did not regenerate the cheUpeds before 

 molting to the fifth stage. 



