Excerpt from Memoirs on the Coleoptera, Vol. 9: 1920The Platyninae form an extensive and important element in the Carabid fauna of the northern hemisphere, but are very much more developed in North America than in Europe. The genus Platynus Bon., itself, I hold to be exclusively European, our Wingless species constituting three or more allied genera, of which Rhadine Lec., stands widely apart in general appearance from any other type of the subfamily.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.