Measurements of the pure rotational spectra of CH3NCS and CH 3 SCIT have been made in the frequency range from 20,000 to 30,000 Mc/sec.Experimental techniques used and the interpretation of the spectra of these molecules are discussed. A theoretical spectrum for CH 3 NCS has been set up and the complicating effects of the removal of degeneracies by asymmetry and by an external electric field, of centrifugal distortion, of the presence of excited vibrational states, of internal rotation, of isotopic varieties of the molecule, of nuclear quadrupole coupling, and of other allowed asymmetric rotor transitions are calculated. There is good general agreement between the theoretical and observed spectra for CH 3 NICS. The spectrum of CH 3 SCN was too weak for detailed analysis but values of the average rotational constant !(B+C) are presented.