THE AMERICAN LOBSTER. 
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Table 20 .— -General condition of the sexual organs, of the external and internal eggs, etc. — Continued. 
No. 
Sex. 
Length. 
Date of 
•capture. 
Locality. 
Inches. 
1890. 
55 
Female . 
104 
Aug. 11 
Gay Head 
rock hot 
tom. 
56 
fin 
12i 
do 
57 
Ho 
10 
...an 
do 
58 
Ho 
104 
do . . . 
59 
9 rr 
do .. 
do 
60 
10J 
Ho 
do 
6J 
114 
62 
. . - do 
12 4b 
... do 
do 
63 
12$ 
do 
64 
12$ 
65 
... do 
lli 
... do 
do 
66 
10 
.Ho 
67 
10 
do 
68 
11$ 
69 
. . .do 
9* 
Aug. 14 
do 
70 
. . -do 
12 A 
Aug. 19 
do 
71 
12# 
72-73 
11$, lOg 
74 
10# 
do 
75 
12 
76 
. . .do 
1211 
Aug. 21 
do 
77 
.. .do ... 
log 
78 
11 
79 
10$ 
80 
10$ 
81 
11$ 
82 
log 
83 
9£ 
...do ... 
84 
. . .do 
101 
... do 
do 
85 
.. .do 
10i 
...do .... 
do 
Condition of sexual 
organs. 
Ovary olive green ; di- 
ameter of 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 , 
Ovary small ; cream 
color. 
Ovary small; light 
orange yellow. 
Ovary light pea green . 
Condition of swirn- 
merets. 
Smooth . 
.do , 
.do . 
Clean . 
Clean . 
With external 
eggs. 
Smooth, clean 
External eggs in 
egg- nauplius 
stage. 
External eggs ; in- 
vagination stage, 
do 
Clean 
Remarks. 
Soft shell. Probably 
has not hatched eggs 
this year ; would prob- 
ably have laid eggs 
for first time t he 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 
year; not certain 
that young have been 
hatched this year. 
Soft shell. 
Soft shell. Probably 
hatched brood this 
year. 
Sllell fairly hard. 
Soft shell. 
Hard shell. 
Animal not mature. 
.do Shell fairly hard. 
I 
.do 
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. 
Ovary dark green, 
nearly ripe; largest 
ova, 1.3 mm. in diam- 
ter. 
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 
External eggs 
about 3 weeks 
old. 
Clean 
.do 
.do . 
.do . 
External eggs in 
egg- nauplius 
stage. 
do . 
Ovary yellowish, small. 
Ovary pea green 
Clean . 
do , 
.do 
.do . 
.do . 
.do . 
.do . 
.do . 
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. 
Soft shell. 
Molted this season. 
Immature. 
Shell hard. 
Probably molted this 
season. Immature. 
Probably molted this 
year. May have had ] 
young. 
