The fourteen new species of Rhaconotus Ruthe, 1854 from South Asia are described and illustrated: Rh. affinis sp. nov., Rh. chinensis sp. nov., Rh.fujianus sp. nov., Rh. hei sp. nov., Rh. heterotrichus sp. nov., Rh. intermedius sp. nov., Rh. ipodoryctoides sp. nov., Rh. iterabilis sp. nov., Rh. luteosetosus sp. nov., Rh. magnus sp. nov., Rh. oriens sp. nov., Rh. tergalis sp. nov., Rh. tianmushanus sp. nov., and Rh.yaoae sp. nov. The following species are recorded first time for the fauna of China: Rh. aciculatus Ruthe, Rh. menippus Nixon, Rh. nadezhdae (Tobias et Belokobylskij), and Rh. zarudnyi Belokobylskij. The key for determination of Chinese species of Rhaconotus is provided.