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Zoological Collectings by the Hungarian Natural History Museum in Korea. 107. A Report of the Collecting of the Fourteenth Expedition By F. Mészáros and L. Zombori (Received December 9, 1991) Zoological Collectings by the Hungarian Natural History Museum in Korea. 107. A Report of the Collecting of the Fourteendt Expedition. - A report is given on the zoological collecting trip made by two Hungarian zoologists in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in June-July, 1991. A list of collecting sites with data and pertaining references is presented. The interstate agreement signed between Hungary and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea gave the opportunity again for two staff members of the Hungarian Natural History Museum to visit the northern part of the Korean Peninsula. This year, 1991 was especially fortunate for Hungarian zoologists, since in the 22 years of history of our exploration of the Korean fauna, it was the first time when three expeditions were performed there. For these opportunities herewith we should like to thank the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the Zoological Research Institute of the Korean Academy of Sciences, for obviously it was realized by both official parties that our scientific activities in Korea much contribute to a better understanding of our peoples, besides the advantage gained in the scientific sphere of life in the two countries. It is also our pleasant duty to express our sincere thanks to our escorts in Korea, Messrs. Han Eng H, sawfly specialist and Hong Rong Tae working on dragonflies. We left Budapest on the morning of the 27th June, 1991 and touching Berlin and Moscow we landed in Pyongyang on the next day. We spent a total of 19 days in the following major collecting areas: Pyongyang City and its environs, Myohyang-san, Kumgang-san. Unfortunately, we did not have the opportunity to visit the famous Paekdu-san and its environs owing to heavy road constructions in the area. This was the first time that true parasitological collectings were performed. Although mammologists earlier also collected some endoparasites along with various ectoparasitic animals, the results, for obvious reasons, remained only moderate. The senior author visited Korea with the single aim to secure as many endoparasites as possible. Consequently, each and every small mammal and other vertebrate animals were disected and all their internal organs were searched for parasites. Furthermore, every single specimen of parasite was taken out and preserved. In order to keep up the traditional inventory system elaborated a long time ago for the vertebrates deposited in the Hungarian Natural History Museum, likewise in our field note-book each vertebrate specimen was entered under a separate collecting number. This seemed all the more reasonable for every vertebrate individual is a "collecting site" of