1899] MARINE INVERTEBRATES OF SINGAPORE 133 



By most writers on tropical zoology much stress lias been laid on 

 these modifications, and we have all repeatedly been told of the 

 brilliant coloration of tropical marine animals, of the way in which 

 hermit-crabs wander far inland, of fresh- water crabs, etc., but to my 

 mind the resemblances are much more striking than the differences, 

 and all that I have attempted in the present article is to give some 

 idea, necessarily very imperfect, of the general impression produced 

 when collecting for the first time in these waters, and if it is thought 

 that more detailed facts are required before any generalisations are 

 possible, I can only hope that at some future time I may be able to 

 contribute my mite to the common store. 



Raffles Museum, 

 Singapore. 



