Dr. Papp Jenő szerk.: Folia Entomologica Hungarica 24/1-23. (Budapest, 1971)
For the realization of our journey, the assistance in its successfull execution, and the possibility of launching the series of expeditions, we have to express our gratitude also in this place, first of all, to the sponsoring institutions, the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the Ministry of Culture and Education, as well as to the Department of Foreign Relations of the Korean Academy of Sciences. Especial thanks are due to the Zoological Research Institute, and its staff,of the Korean Academy of Sciences,for their support and help in the field,particularly to our escorts Mssrs LI HJON G GON and KIM VAN HO, indefatigable in making every effort to make our work succesfull. In the present paper (a premilinary one in the series of communications submitting the results of collectings and observations), we propose, in accordance with the traditions of publications following the work of earlier Hungarian expeditions, to give an account of our travels and the area covered,of the collecting methods applied and the localities visited (in a chronological order), together with detailed geographical and ecological data. On 19 May, 1970, we arrived in the capital of the Korean People's Republic, having travelled by plane over the route Budapest Moscow - Irkutsk - Pyongyang (Phenjan). After the official visits and discussions, we travelled by train to Wonsan on the eastern coast and subsequent to a short stay in the city, we were taken by car to the Diamond Range for a prolonged stay.After our return to Pyongyang, we took again the train to Kaesong in the south,visit ing in its vicinity Panmin-dshon and the Mts. Bagyon, collecting in some localities in the latter area. Returning again to Pyongyang, we worked for some days in the capital, and then returned, by the same route, to Budapest on 18 June, 1970. During our travels of about 3000 km in North Korea, we have visited three main regions of the country:
