1909] Torrey: Tin Leptomedusae of tfa San Diego Region. l'"> 



Gen. Eutimalphes Haeekel, L880. 

 Eueopidae with 8 adradial statoeysts and aumerous tentacles, 

 lift ween which are numerous cirri: gastric peddhele well de- 

 fined. 



Eutimalphes brownei, n. sp. 3 



Fig. 10. 



Umbrella almost hemispherical, rather thick centrally and 



produced into a broad-based gastric peduncle about as hum as 



the subumbrellar cavity is deep. Manubrium short and broad, 



hanging from a short, cruciform base, made by the junction of 



Iff! 



Fig. 10. — Eutimalphes brownei. X 3. 



the radial canals, and expanding distally into a wide and much 

 frilled mouth. Tentacles short, with bulbous bases, about 130 

 in larger individuals, 1 to 3 pairs of long- slender cirri flanking 

 each tentacle. Marginal papillae wanting. Statoeysts large, reg- 

 ularly placed between the tentacles, with 6 to 13 statoliths in 

 each. Gonads narrow bands, hanging by one edge from the outer 

 half of each radial canal, almost reaching' the margin. The 

 umbrella is colorless, the gonads with straw-yellow endoderm 

 and turquoise-blue ectoderm, the tentacles with red-brown endo- 

 derm, turquoise-blue ectoderm. 



The largest individuals are about 15 mm. in diameter. 



Distribution. — Taken at the surface in the vicinity of San 



3 Named for the well-known medusologist, Mr. E. T. Browne, of Uni- 

 versity College, London. 



