The paper presents an account of eight species of eriophyid mites collected from Tamil Nadu, of which three are new to science. They are, Aculus ocimumae sp.nov., Anthocoptes bamboovagrams sp. nov., Calacarus channabasavannae Lukkundi; Calacarus jasmini Chakrabarti and Mondal; Catarhinus munnarensis sp. nov; Rhombacus morrisi Keifer; Tegonotus convolvuli (Channabasavanna) and Tegonotus mangiferae (Keifer).