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FOLIA ENTOMOLOGICA HUNGARICA ROVARTANI KÖZLEMÉNYEK XLII (XXXIV) 2 1981 P- 7-13 Zoological Collectings by the Hungarian Natural History Museum in Korea 62. A Report on the Collecting of the Seventh Expedition* By L. FORRÓ and Gy. TOPÁL (Received December 1, 1980) Abstract. — A report is given on the collectings in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, in September 1980. About 9000 animals, mostly Invertebrates were taken in three regions of the country. A list of collecting sites with data is given. Our tour - the seventh in the series of visits and collecting trips made by various experts of the Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest - was the shortest of its kind, due to some unexpected difficulties. It lasted just 15 days. We reached Pyongyang by a direct flight from Moscow on the 8th of September. During our stay there we were provided with a car for cultural programmes, official visits, etc. and also for some collecting works near and around the capital. Between the 8th and Hth of September we worked in Pyongyang City itself and in the vicinity, such in Sun-ha-gang, Mt. Lyong-ak-san and Mt. Daesong-san. We made two major trips to the country by train - the first time in the history of these expeditions so far. At the respective spots again, we were provided with official state cars, such, between the 12th and 15th of September we stayed in the mid-northern Mt. Myohyang-san. On the 17th of September we reached Wonsan, from where we were driven to the Mt. Kumgang-san, with a short stopover at Lake Sijung-ho. We spent just three nights in the Mt. Kumgang-san and on the way back to Pyongyang, again we visited that lake and made a short collecting at Wonsan on the 20th of September. We started our return flight from Pyongyang on the 23rd of September and reached Budapest on the next day. The majority of collecting sites - listed below - were already known and visited by the previous expeditions, with the exception of those in the Mt. Myohyang-san in Chagang Province, north-east to the capital and Hyangsan Town. For gaining even a slight insight the time spent there was very short. The vegetation in these mountains of medium height seemed richer than that of Mt. Kumgang-san. This was probably due to the less steep slopes in the Mt. Myohyangsan, as compared to the - sometimes very abrupt and scenically beautiful, but mostly bare and stony - slopes of the Mt. Kumgang-san. We observed more extensive stands of woods, however, with more conifers in the mixed coniferous and deciduous forests, than in the Mt. Kumgang-san. The weather during our trip was still warm and comparatively dry with a few rainy days and slight precipitation. The used collecting methods were on the whole identical with those of previous visits, as regards the invertebrates. Thus, we used nets, soil traps, extractors, Mv lamp, etc. The Mv lamp was not used, however, In the Mt. Myohyang-san we made collectings on the lights around With an Appendix compiled by J. PAPP appended to the end of this contribution.