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• SCUTELLUM
  A rounded apothecium having an elevated rim formed of the proper thallus, the fructification of certain lichens. The third of the four pieces forming the upper part of a thoracic segment of an insect. It follows the scutum, and is followed by the
• POSTSCUTELLUM
  The hindermost dorsal piece of a thoracic somite of an insect; the plate behind the scutellum.