CALIFORNIA SUPPLEMENT DATED MAY 1, 1996
TO PROSPECTUSES DATED MAY 1, 1996 FOR
THE PRUDENTIAL SERIES FUND, INC.
PRUCO LIFE VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT
PRUCO LIFE SINGLE PREMIUM VARIABLE LIFE ACCOUNT
PRUCO LIFE VARIABLE INSURANCE ACCOUNT
PRUCO LIFE VARIABLE UNIVERSAL ACCOUNT
Pending approval of the State of California Department of Insurance, the
Prudential Jennison and Small Capitalization Stock Portfolios are not available
to Contracts issued in the State of California. An application for approval has
been made and we expect to offer these two new portfolios as investment options
in the near future.