The Chinese species of the genus Deferunda Distant, 1912 are reviewed. They include 9 species as follows: D. acuminata Chou & Wang, 1985, D. diana Chen & He, 2010, D. ellipsoidea sp. nov., D. lua sp. nov., D. qiana Chen & He, 2010, D. rubrostigma (Matsumura, 1914), D. striata Wang & Liu, 2008, D. trimaculata Wang & Peng, 2008 and D. truncata Chen, Yang & Wilson, 1989. The 2 new species, D. ellipsoidea sp. nov. and D. lua sp. nov., are described and illustrated. A checklist of Chinese species and a key to all known species in the genus are provided.