In a previous communication from this laboratory (1), the preparation of a variety of triarylmethane dyes containing a thiophene ring was presented. It was also demonstrated that when the phenyl ring in Malachite Green is replaced with the 2-thienyl group, a bathochromic effect is produced. In a continuation of our investigation on these dyestuffs, the absorption spectrum of Thiophene Malachite Green3 in different solvents as well as the spectra of some thiophenesubstituted dyes were determined in an endeavor to ascertain not only the effect produced by the medium on this dye, but also that of various substituents attached to the heterocyclic moiety. The dyestuffs studied are as follows: