Furfural isonicotinoylhydrazone (FINH)has been synthesised, characterized by IR,1H and13C NMR and mass spectral studies, and its complexes of the type [Ln(FINH)2Cl3], where Ln=La(III), Ce(III), Pr(III), Nd(III), Sm(III), Eu(III), Gd(III), Tb(III), Dy(III) and Y(III), have been synthesized and subjected to elemental analysis, molar conductance, magnetic susceptibility, electronic, infrared,1H and13C NMR spectral tectniques. The parameters,βb½, 3(%) and η calculated from the absorption spectra of Nd(III) and Pr(III) complexes suggest a weak covalent bond formation between these metal ions and the ligand. Infrared and NMR spectral data suggest, a neutral bidentate nature of FINH in the complexes. The absorption spectral profile suggests a seven-coordination number around the Nd(III) ion in the complex.