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R. W. Russell, D. K. Lynch, and R. J. Rudy, The Aerospace Corporation, obtained a 0.8-5.0-micron spectrogram of V378 Ser (cf. IAUC 8505, 8506) on Apr. 18.7 UT using the Infrared Telescope Facility (+ SpeX). The object showed a large number of symmetric, Gaussian-like emission lines (2700 km/s FWHM). H I dominated the spectrum with lines of the Pa, Br, Pf, and Hu series. He I was surprisingly weak, the 1.0830-micron line being about a third of the equivalent width of Paschen_gamma. No evidence was found of the CO 2.3- or 4.6-micron bands. Reddening determined from the O I lines was E(B-V) = 0.74. There was no indication of thermal emission from dust.