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METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
ONE MADISON AVENUE
NEW YORK, NY 10010
VIA ELECTRONIC FILING
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Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Division of Investment Management
Re: Metropolitan Series Fund, Inc.
Securities Act of 1933 Registration No. 2-80751
Investment Company Act File No. 811-3618
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Commissioners:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"1933 Act"), Metropolitan Series Fund, Inc. (the "Registrant") hereby
certifies that:
(1) the form of prospectus and Statement of Additional Information that
would have been filed pursuant to Rule 497(c) under the 1933 Act would
not have differed from that contained in Post-Effective Amendment No.
17 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A,
constituting the most recent amendment to the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form N-1A; and
(2) the text of Post-Effective Amendment No. 17 to the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form N-1A was filed electronically with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 1996.
Very truly yours,
METROPOLITAN SERIES FUND, INC.
By: /s/ Christopher Nicholas
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Secretary
