NATURAI^ HISTORY OP AMERICAN LOBSTER. 403 



24g. Seba, Axbertus. 



Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri accurata descriptio et iconibus artificiosissimis expressio 

 per universam physices historiam, t. m, tab. xvii, no. 3. Copper-plate figure of lobster, called 

 Astacus marinus americanus. Amstelaedami, 1758. 



Seba was the first to describe and figure the American lobster as a distmct species. 



2J0. Sherwood, George H. 



Experiments in lobster rearing. Report of special commission for the investigation of the lobster 

 and the soft-shell clam. Washington, 1903. Report of the U. S. Fish Commission for 1903, 

 p. 149-174, pi. 1-3. Washington, 1905. 



251. Smith, A. C. 



Notes on the lobster, Homarus americanus. Bulletin U. S. Fish Commission, vol. v, p. 121-125. 

 Washington, 1885. 



252. Smith, Albert W. 



Composition of the shell and gastroliths of the lobster. In The American lobster (see 14Q), 

 Appendix n, p. 227-228, Bulletin U. S. Fish Commission, vol. xv, 1895. Washington, 1896. 

 2S3- Smith, Hugh M. 



In Report of the special commission for investigation of the lobster and the soft-shell clam. (De- 

 cline of the lobster fishery.) Report of the U. S. Fish Commissioner for 1903, p. 141-148. 

 Washington, 1905. 



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A review of the history and results of the attempts to acclimatize fish and other water animals in 

 the Pacific States. Bulletin U. S. Fish Commission, vol. xv, p. 379-472. (The American 

 lobster, p. 459-463.) Washington, 1895. 



2S4. Smith, Sidney I. 



The early stages of the American lobster {Homarus americanus Edwards). American Journal 

 Scienceand Arts, vol. Ill, p. 401-406, pi. IX. NewHaven, 1872. Abstractoffuller paper, no. 25(5. 



255- 



The metamorphoses of the lobster and other Crustacea. Invertebrate Animals of Vineyard Sound, 

 etc. (Verrill & Smith), in Report of the U. S. Fish Commissioner for 1871-1872, p. 522-537, 

 fig. 4 and pi. IX. Washington, 1873. 



256. 



The early stages of the American lobster (Homarus americanus Edwards). Transactions Con- 

 necticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, vol. 11, pt. 2, p. 351-381, pi. xiv-xvrn, fig. 1-4. New 

 Haven, 1873. 



The best account at date of the metamorphosis of the American lobster. 



257. Stahr, H. 



Neue Beitrage ztur Morphologic der Hummerschere, mit physiologischen und phylogenetischen 

 Bemerkungen. Jenaische Zeitschrift fiir Naturwissenschaft, bd. 33, p. 457-482, pi. xx-xxi. 

 Jena, 1898. 



First notice of periodic arrangement of teeth in toothed forceps of lobster. 



258. 



Uber das Alter der beiden Chelse von Homarus vulgaris und iiber die "similar claws" Herrick's. 

 Zur Verstandigung mit Herm Przibram. Archiv fiir Entwickelungsmechanik der Organismen, 

 bd. 12, p. 162-166. Leipzig, 1901. 



2Sg. Stebbing, Thomas R. R. 



A history of Crustacea: Recent Malacostraca. International Science Series, vol. lxiv. New 

 York, 1893. 



Advocates the use of the generic name ot Astacus (I«each) instead of Homarus CMUne-Edwards), for the true 

 lobsters. 

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