The UV spectra of heterocyclic selenium compounds and metallic ions in ethanol solutions were investigated in this paper. Heterocyclic selenium compounds included 4,5-benzopiazselenole (BP), anthra [1,2-c][1,2,5] selenadiazol-6,11-dione (AS), piazselenole (PS), 5-methyl-piazselenole (MP), 4,6-diBr-piazselenole (DBP) and 4,4-dipiazselenole (DP). Several important results were obtained: (1) The absorption wavelengthslambda of piazselenoles were bathochromic and their epsilon increased with the increased conjugative effect; (2) Sn(IV) enhanced the UV absorption of piazselenoles at higher frequencies with the ratio of nSn(IV)/nPS at 1; (3) The UV absorption of BP was obviously enhanced by Sn(IV), Cd(II), Cr(III), Sb(III), Fe(III), Fe(II) and Cu(II), while Zn(II) had little effect on the UV of BP; (4) The UV absorption of piazselenoles at higher frequencies was enhanced by Sn(IV), Cr(III) and Sb (III), and the peak of MP at 233 nm was blunt in MP-M solutions.