THE AMERICAN LOBSTER. 



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Table 20. — General condition of the sexual organ*, of the external and internal eggs, etc. — Continued. 



No. 



55 



56 



67 

 63 



63 



70 

 71 

 72-73 



76 



77 



80 



85 



Sex. 



Female 



..do .... 



.do 



58 ...do 



59 ...do 



60 i...do . 



6] ...do. 



02 ...do. 



63 ...do 



64 ...do 



65 ...do 



66 . . .do 



...do .. 

 ...do .. 



...do .. 



...do .. 

 . . -do . . 

 ...do .. 



74 .. .do . 



75 ...do. 



.do ... 



.do 



78 ...do 



79 ...do 



..do 



..do 

 ..do 



..do. 

 ..do. 



...do. 



Length. ! D:l l eot ' 

 fa I capture. 



Inches. 

 ioj 



121 



10 



10J 



on 



10J 



Hi 



12 1; 

 12$ 



12J 



"i 

 10 



10 



Hi 



12i 



iii, loj 



log 



12 S 



12}; 



10§ 



11 

 10J 



10| 



HI 

 lOg 



10i 

 104 



1890. 

 Aus. H 



..do . 



..do. 



...do 



...do. 

 ...do. 



..do. 

 ..do . 



..do. 



..do. 



..do. 

 ..do. 



..do. 



..do. 



Locality. 



Aug. 14 



Aug. 19 

 ..do... 



..do... 



..do . 

 ..do. 



Aug. 21 



.do 



...do. 

 ...do. 



.do 



.do. 

 .do. 



.do 

 .do 



.do. 



Gay Head, 

 rock bot- 

 tom. 



.do. 



.do . 



.do. 



.do. 

 .do 



.do. 

 .do 



.do 



.do. 



Condition of sexual 

 organs. 



Ovary olive green ; di- 

 ameter or ovarian 

 egg more than half of 

 that of mature ovum. 



Ovary rather dark 

 green, flecked with 

 yellow; about half 

 its size at maturity . 



Ovary light pea green ; 

 small. 



Ovary cream color ; 

 small. 



do 



Ovary light pea green 



Ovary soft, grayish 



white. 

 Ovary green ; diameter 



about one-half inch. 



Ovary soft, whitish... 



...do. 

 ...do 



.do 

 .do 



-do. 

 .do. 



.do . 



.do . 

 .do. 

 .do. 



Condition of swim- 

 merets. 



Smooth . 



.do 



.do 



Clean . 

 Clean . 



Remarks. 



With external 



eggs- 

 Smooth, clean 



.do. 

 .do. 



do 



.do . 



.do 

 .do 



.do 



.do. 

 .do . 



.do . 

 .do. 



.do. 



Ovary small ; cream 



color. 

 Ovary small; light : do 



orange yellow. 

 Ovary light pea green do 



External eggs in 

 egg- nauplius 

 stage. 



External eggs ; in- 

 vagination stage 



....do 



Clean 



Soft shell. Probably 

 has not hatched eggs 

 this year; would prob- 

 ably have laid eggs 

 for first time the next 

 summer. 



Soft shell. Has proba- 

 bly hatched eggs and 

 molted this season. 



Shell fairly hard. Has 

 possibly shed this 

 season; may or may 

 not have hatched ex- 

 ternal eggs. 



Fairly hard shell. Ani- 

 mal not mature. 

 Do. 



Soft shell. External 

 eggs due in following 

 vear; not certain 

 that young have been 

 hatched this year. 



Soft shell. 



Soft shell. Probably 

 hatched brood this 

 year. 



Shell fairly hard. 



Ovary light pea-green 

 color; very immature 



Ovary deep green; im- 

 mature. 



Ovaries flesh color; 

 very immature. 



Ovary bright yellow. . . 



Ovary dark green; 

 swollen, ripe," eggs 

 flow out when ovary 

 is cut; diameter of 

 lobe, one-half inch. 



Ovary light green 



External eggs 

 about 3 weeks 

 old. 



Clean 



Ovary dark green, 

 nearly ripe; largest 

 ova, 1.3 mm. in cham- 

 fer. 



Ovary nearly ripe 



Ovary light pea green ; 

 diameter of ovum 

 about one-third that 

 of mature egg. 



Ovary light yellow. 

 Ov. lobe 7 mm. in di- 

 ameter. 



Ovary light pea green. 



Ovary yellow 



-do 



.do 



-do . 



External eggs in 

 egg- nauplius 



Clean . 

 ....do 



.do 



Soft shell. 



Hard shell. 

 Animal not mature. 



Shell fairly hard. 



Soft shell. May or 

 may not have had 

 young this year. 



For number of eggs, see 

 table 14. 



Shell very hard. 



Soft shell. 



Have probably molted 

 this season ; never 

 mature. 

 Do. 



Shell colors bright; has 

 probably molted this 

 season. ' Degenerated 

 eggs of former sexual 

 period present. Fig. 

 141, pi. 39. 



Hard shell. Ova light 

 green about nucleus. 

 Figs. 150 and 151, pi. 

 41. 



Hard shell. See draw- 

 ing, fig. 123, pi. 36. 



Shell moderately hard. 



Shell moderately hard ; 



probably not mature. 



Shell moderately hard ; 

 immature. 



.do. 



Ovary yellowish, small. 

 Ovary pea green 



-do Soft shell. 



.do Molted this season. 



Immature. 



-do Shell hard. 



-do ! Probably molted this 



season. Immature, 

 -do I Probably molted this 



year. May have had 



young. 



