5b Mystax black centrally with silvery white setae laterally; antennal postpedicel orange basally and dark red -brown distally. Illustrations - Hypopygium (Figs 28-30), T2 (Fig. 43), Distribution (Fig. 48) ......................................................

phalaros sp. n.

Etymology: Gr. Phalaros = having a white patch, white -spotted - refers to the patches of silvery pruinescence on terga of this species.

Material examined: SOUTH AFRICA: 1♂ holotype 1♀ paratype, ‘S. Africa: Transvaal / 37km n. Louis Trichardt / Limpopo Val. [=Valley] 2229DD / Jan. 1975 Stuckenberg / arid bushveld’; NAMIBIA: 1♀ paratype, ‘ Brucharos [Brukkaros - 25 ° 52'S: 17 ° 48'E] / S.W.Afr., 6:iii:1972 / H.D. Brown, E. Koster / D. Wessels’ [SANC]; UNKNOWN: 1♀ paratype, LTT, ii.1971, BJ .

A. phalaros: The limited distribution data suggests a widespread species enjoying conditions similar to those inhabited by arachnoides and fasciatus .