May 6, 1996
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: The Pruco Life Insurance Company
Discovery Preferred
(Registration No. 33-61143)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to subparagraph (j) of Rule 497 under the Securities Act of 1933,
the Registrant hereby certifies (i) that its Prospectus that would have been
filed pursuant to Rule 497(b) would not have differed from the Prospectus
contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 with the exception of the omission
of Frank Marino's age on the Directors and Officers listing contained on page 25
of the prospectus and (ii) that the text of Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 was
filed electronically on April 5, 1996 (Accession Number 0000950110-96-000358).
By: ___________________________________________
Clifford E. Kirsch
Chief Legal Officer and Assistant Secretary
Pruco Life Insurance Company
