T. ROWE PRICE EQUITY SERIES, INC.

                             ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY


     T. Rowe Price Equity Series, Inc., a Maryland corporation, having its
principal office in Baltimore City, Maryland (hereinafter called the
"Corporation"), hereby certifies to the State Department of Assessments and
Taxation of Maryland that:

     FIRST: Pursuant to authority expressly vested in the Board of Directors of
the Corporation by Article Sixth of the Charter of the Corporation, the Board of
Directors has duly classified a number of shares of its unissued common stock
(determined in connection with the SECOND paragraph below) into three new series
of common stock to be designated the T. Rowe Price Blue Chip Growth Portfolio,
T. Rowe Price Equity Index 500 Portfolio, and T. Rowe Price Health Sciences
Portfolio.

     SECOND: After giving effect to the foregoing classification, the Board of
Directors has heretofore duly divided and classified an aggregate of
1,000,000,000 shares of the unissued Common Stock of the Corporation into the
following series on the dates indicated in the parentheses following the names
of the respective series the: T. Rowe Price Equity Income Portfolio (January 31,
1994), T. Rowe Price New America Growth Portfolio (January 31, 1994), T. Rowe
Price Personal Strategy Balanced Portfolio (July 13, 1994), T. Rowe Price
Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio (August 1, 1996), T. Rowe Price Blue Chip Growth
Portfolio, T. Rowe Price Equity Index 500 Portfolio, and T. Rowe Price Health
Sciences Portfolio (October 18, 2000). Each such series shall consist, until
further changed, of the lesser of (x) 1,000,000,000 shares or (y) the number of
shares that could be issued by issuing all of the shares of any series currently
or hereafter classified less the total number of shares then issued and
outstanding in all of such series. All shares of each series have the powers,
preferences, other special rights, qualifications, restrictions, and limitations
set forth in the Charter. The Board of Directors also has provided for the
issuance of the shares of each such series.

     THIRD: The stock has been classified by the Board of Directors under
authority contained in the Charter.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, T. Rowe Price Equity Series, Inc. has caused these
Articles to be signed in its name and on its behalf by its Vice President and
witnessed by its Secretary on October 19, 2000.

WITNESS:                      T. ROWE PRICE EQUITY SERIES, INC.

/s/Patricia B. Lippert             /s/Henry H. Hopkins
____________________________       By: ________________________________
Patricia B. Lippert, Secretary      Henry H. Hopkins, Vice President




     THE UNDERSIGNED, Vice President of T. Rowe Price Equity Series, Inc., who
executed on behalf of the Corporation Articles Supplementary of which this
Certificate is made a part, hereby acknowledges in the name and on behalf of
said Corporation the foregoing Articles Supplementary to be the corporate act of
said Corporation and hereby certifies that the matters and facts set forth
herein with respect to the authorization and approval thereof are true in all
material respects under the penalties of perjury.


                               /s/Henry H. Hopkins
                              _______________________________
                               Henry H. Hopkins
                               Vice President