*Elachista Duby.

*Elachista australis J. Ag. (1872–90), p. 13; V. W. L. (1939), 11, No. 29.

Small, lubricous, hairy, yellowish-brown balls resembling Herponema maculaeformis and Corynophlaea cystophorae; present only on Xiphophora chondrophylla var. minus.

Loc. distr.: Bay of Islands and wherever the host plant is found. Northern only.

Geogr. distr.: Tasmania, N.Z.