S. Mahunka szerk.: Folia Entomologica Hungarica 34/2. (Budapest, 1981)
During the collecting, a large variety of instruments were employed. Mammals and birds were mostly collected by shooting, using various shotguns (.410, .20 and .12 gauge) .22 rimfire riffle and 7 mm. Remington Magnum highpower center fire rifle. The larger marine vertebrates were collected by hook and line, spear-gun and harpoon, the smaller ones by net. Marine invertebrates were collected by nets and by hand. Terrestrial invertebrates were mostly captured by light trapping. Where elctricity was not available, a portable generator was used. Most often a 250W Mercury Vapour light was employed, but also fluorescent lights, lightbulbs and even gaslight were used for collecting. A new method was introduced at light trapping: small flying insects (except Lepidoptera) which came in large masses were killed with pressure-pack insecticides. This seemed to be the only successful way to gather such vast quantities of insects in a short time. Lepidoptera and other larger insects were collected individually with the usual method. Other methods of collecting insects were sweep-netting, ground-trapping, sifting (employing a variety of funnels), water-netting etc. Earthworms were collected by formaldehyde solution poured into the soil. Reptiles and Amphibians were captured by nets and snares, birds in mistnets and kept alive for tagging and later released or retained for live exhibits. Numerous plants were also collected and these were stored dry or preserved in formaldehyde or other solutions. Bird and mammal specimens were mostly skinned and preserved in the field. The majority of the collected specimens were stored in alcohol. The birds and mammals were retained in the Australian Museum for final preparation, the larger portion of the entire collection was rebottled in fresh alcohol, packed in plastic containers and shipped to the Hungarian Natural History Museum. The live material was airlifted as a special consignment to Budapest. Material needed by the Australian Museum was selected and retained by the Museum's appropriate collections. During the expeditions various types of vehicles were used at different times, such as Toyota Land Cruiser, 4WD-LWB Station Waggon, Bedford 3.5 ton truck and Suzuki 4WD-SWB. Both 4WD vehicles (Toyota and Suzuki\ proved to be excellent, even under the worst road conditions, and in the hottest weather functioned without fault. The Toyota Station waggon, despite a maximum load was still suitable for relatively high speed travelling. The conduct of the expeditions, the characteristics of the various biotopes and the deversifiéd collecting methods were photographically documented. The following films (colour slide, black and white negative, cine-film) were used for this purpose: Agfa CT 18, Agfa CT 21, Agfa Professional, Ilford, Kodachrome 64, Ektachrome 400, Tri-x 125, Tri-x 400, Agfachrome Super 8. Photographic equipment consisted of: Exacta Varex Pancolar, Fujica, Yaahica, Nikkormat, Nikonos, Agfa with various accessories, such as wide angle and macro lenses, telephotos etc. As it is mentioned above, the work was divided amongst the participants of the expeditions. However, to avoid future misunderstandings, the labelling of the specimens are as thus: Nos. 1-154, leg. G. HANGAY and A. VOJNITS, Nos. 155-275, leg. G. HANGAY, É. HERCZEG and A. VOJNITS. The authors wish to thank the officers of the Australian Museum who helped in the collecting and the smooth running of the expeditions. They also wish to thank personally Dr. Des GRIFFIN, the Director of the Australian Museum for his generous help, which not only supported the entire undertaking, but made it possible. » List of localities No. 1. 27 Dec. 1980. Fowlers Gap: near Silver City Highway, 102 km N from Broken Hill, JW New South Wales, Research station of the University of Sydney. Semi-arid savanna: Danthonia sp., Themeda sp., Stipa sp., acacia and eucalyptus trees. Collecting at MV lamp, material killed with insecticides, 21-02 n . Mostly Coleoptera, Diptera, Orthoptera, Rhynchota. Leg. G. Hangay and A. Vojnits. No. 2. 27 Dec. 1980. As No. 1. Lepidoptera, collected at MV lamp. Leg. A.Vojnits. No. 3. 28 Dec. 1980. Floods Creek: W from Fowlers Gap (see No. 1), NW New South Wales. Extinct river-bed: stone river-gravel, eucalyptus gallery forest. Hot weather, 46°C. Forenoon collecting of Mammalia: mostly Macropus rufus. Leg. G. Hangay. No. 4. 28 Dec. 1980. As No. 3. P.m. bird collection: mostly Eolophus roseicapillus. Leg. G. Hangay.
