Laser emission on five lines near 8 &mgr; has been obtained from a flowing mixture of H2&sngbnd;C2H2&sngbnd;He under pulsed electrical excitation. This emission has been tentatively identified asQ‐branch lines of the01000&Sgr;g+−000011&Pgr;uband(v2−v51)of C2H2. Pumping of the C2H2appears to result from a near‐resonant vibrational energy transfer fromH2*(v=1)which has been excited in a He‐rich discharge.