IIA1ÏITS AND LIFE-HISTORY OF STICHOPUS JAPONTOUS. 5 



April 22, 1894, at Kanagawa. 



Indivi- 

 duals 



Condition of Reproductive Organs. 



I 











2 



3 



'] 



* 



> Nearly ripe. Some signs of nodes* but not very noticeable. 



4 











5 

 6 





1 i r 'P e - 







May. 















May 5, 1895, at Kanagawa. 



Indivi- 

 duals 



Size of Individuals 

 LengthXBfeadth 

 in cm. 



Condition of Reproductive Organs. 



I 



Very large 



0* Reproductive tubes 34 cm. long. Ripe. Nodes in the tubes. 



2 



3 



Large 

 Large 



0* 



°- 



, „ 25 cm. long. Nearly ripe. Nodes towards the 



ends. 



, „ 25 cm. long. „ „ 



4 



5 



Middling 



d" 



? 



„ 25 OT. long. .. Nodes towards the 



ends. 



, „ 4 cm. long. -v 



6 









„ i 5 <;«.long. Still slender. (Probably 

 •> & > 2nd year 



7 









, „12 cm. long. No red color of the 1 ones - 

 female yet. ' 









May 



12, 1894, at Kanagawa. 



Indivi- 

 duals 



Condition of Reproductive Organs. 



I 



<? 



Reproductive tubes ripe 





2 







nearly ripe 





3 

 4 



? 





nearly ripe 

 % ripe 



Beginning of the breeding season in earnest. Spermatic 

 ' fluid could be pressed out of the genial opening in one or 

 two individuals. 



5 







* "F* 





6 







% ripe) 





Vide infra 



