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We wish to report on the observation and interpretation of some electronic Raman transitions between Stark levels of the split J manifolds of Eu:YGaG and Nd:YGaG. The transitions were studied at $300\circ K$ and $77\circ K$. The detection of the weak spectra was accomplished with a 9558 B photomultiplier, followed by an electronic amplification system proposed by Pao and $Griffith1$. The experimental data suggest (I) a lowering in the site symmetry of the rare earth ions to $D2$ if compared with the $D2b$ site symmetry of the Yttrium ion of YGaG and (II) the intensity of the electronic Raman transitions is down by a factor of $10-2$ if compared with the intensity of some strong fluorescence lines of the ions. $\mathrm{<mrow\; data-mjx-texclass="ORD">1</mrow>}$ Yoh-Han Pao and J. E. Griffith, Abstracts 8th European Congress on Mol. Spectroscopy, Copenhagen, 1965.