Abstract: The present paper reports the genus Conarete Pritchard for the first time from China with four species, of which two species are described as new to science: C. brevipalpa Li et Bu, sp. Nov. and C. sicyoidea Li et Bu, sp.nov.; the other two species are C. indorensis Grover,1970 and C. mihijamensis Grover,1963. Key to the known Chinese species of the genus is given. Type specimens are deposited in the Department of Biology, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.

Key words: Diptera, Cecidomyiidae, Conarete, new species, China