218 
Lobster, experiments in hatching and 
rearing of, (8) 362; (23) 65. 
— fishery, (6) 9, 189. 
at Bognor and Selsey, (6) 300. 
at Heligoland, (9) 405. 
in Canada, (6) 192. 
in Newfoundland, regulations 
regarding, (13) 336. 
in Scotland, (6) 189. 
in United States, (6) 192. 
—— food of the zoéa of, (23) 78. 
fry of, (7) 403 ; (23) 68, 69. 
—— growth of, (23) 85, 95. 
hatching of, (9) 5, 391, 396, 398, 402; 
(10) 10; (12) 11; (14) 196; (21) 181; 
(23) 65. 
in Canada, (9) 396; (12) 393. 
in Newfoundland, (8) 365; (9) 
398 ; (13) 335. 
in Norway, (7) 405. 
in United States, (8) 364. 
imports of, (6) 191. 
larval stages of, (14) 207; (23) 67, 
69, 73. 
——- legislation regarding, (6) 198. 
life-history of, (6) 195; (23) 65. 
of American, (9) 402. 
—— megalops stage of, (23) 68, 83. 
methods of fishing for, (6) 196. 
mode of attachment of eggs in, (22) 
Tze 
—— mysis stage of, (23) 69. 
—— Norway. See Nephrops norvegicus. 
—— Norwegian exports of, (6) 193. 
—— pond at Brodick, (14) 14, 190. 
—— ponds in Spain, (13) 347. 
price of, (6) 197. 
—— proportion of ‘‘berried” hens, (23) 
88 
—— rate of growth of embryo of, (14) 
190. 
—— rearing experiments with, (9) 391. 
—— semses of, (23) 97. 
—— sexual maturity of, (14) 202. 
—— signs of approaching moulting in, 
(23) 93. 
—— spawning of, (6) 196, 299 ; (14) 199; 
(18) 86; (22) 117; (23) 100, 101. 
—— young, food of, (23) 67, 69, 70. 
—— —— vitality of, (23) 67. 
—— z0éa of, (23) 67, 74, 78. 
Lobworm (Avenicola piscatorium) as bait, 
(7) 352, 356; (15) 159. 
reproduction of, (4) 217. 
Lochs and inland waters, invertebrate 
fauna of. See Fauna, invertebrate. 
Loch Fyne, amphipoda of, (16) 262. 
—— —— chemical conditions of water 
in, (15) 266. 
—— —-— circulation of water in, (15) 
262 
—— —— comparison of spawning season 
in, with East Coast, (17) 99. 
—— —— copepoda of, (4) 147; (16) 264. 
—— —— crustacea of, (16) 262. 
—.— —-— density of water of, (15) 263. 
distribution, vertical, of eggs 
in, (17) 116. 
—— —-- drift of pelagic eggs in, (17) 
Part IIT.—Twenty-third Annual Report 
Loch Fyne, estimated number of pelagic 
eggs in, (17) 109. 
—— —— fauna of, (4) 231. 
—— —— food of herrings in, (18) 252. 
| ——- —— foraminifera of, (16) 273. 
—— —— herring fishery in, (18) 252. 
—— —~— herring fishery statistics of, 
(18) 256. 
—— —— herrings in deep water in, (18) 
253. 
—— —— invertebrate 
261. 
—-— —— invertebrates of, (15) 107. 
—— —-— isopoda of, (16) 262. 
—— —— larval and post-larval fishes 
of, (15) 250, 254 ; (17) 121. 
—— —~— marine fishes of, (15) 107. 
migrations of gurnards in, (17) 
fauna of, (16) 
216. 
mixture of herring shoals in, 
(18) 253. 
—— —— ostracoda of, (16) 263. 
—— —— pelagic fish-eggs of, (15) 244, 
247 ; (17) 79. 
—— physical conditions of, (15) 262. 
——-—w— physical observations in, (15) 
262 ; (17) 128, 130. 
—— plaice fry put into, (14) 155; 
(17) 207. 
proportion of young food-fishes 
to others in, (17) 127. 
—-— —-— relation of herring to copepoda, 
(17) 115. 
—-— -—— schizopoda of, (16) 262. 
—— —— seasonal abundance of copepoda 
in, (17) 114. 
—~—-—— seasonal abundance of pelagic 
eggs in, (17) 94. 
—— —— spawning of herrings in, (18) 
253. 
——— --—_ spawning seasons of fish in, 
(17) 96. 
—— —— tidal observations in, (15) 268. 
=~ ——_ Vermes, Of.1(16)) ies 
—— —— vertical distribution of cope- 
poda in, (17) 116. 
—— —— volumetric determination of 
copepoda in, (17) 112. 
—— young fishes in, (15) 254. 
Loch Leven trout, spawning period of, 
(4) 252. 
—— temperature observations in. See 
Temperature. 
Leops, (18) 361. 
Lofoten Isles, cod fishery at, (13) 339. 
Loligo, sp., (3) 67. 
—— sagittata, (6) 264. 
—— vulgaris, as bait. 
Long rough dab. See Dab, long rough. 
Long-spined Cottus. See Cottus bubalis. 
Longipedia coronata, (6) 239; (10) 249 ; 
(11) 198, 201; (15) 149; (20) 492, 495. 
—— minor, (15) 149; (19) 245; (20) 503. 
—— paguri, (11) 201, 202. 
Lophius piscatorius. See Angler. 
Lophonectes, (18) 361. 
Lophophorus insignis, (20) 46. 
Lossiemouth, trawling investigations off, 
(25) 93, 101; (22) 26, 28, 47; (23) 20, 
24, 46. 
