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Post-alar membrane: the strip of membrane connecting the squamae with the scutellum.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

The "porcupine-man" seen by Baker contracted small-pox, and his skin was temporarily freed from the squamae, but these reappeared shortly afterward.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)