FEDERATED TOTAL RETURN SERIES, INC.
Federated Investors Funds
5800 Corporate Drive
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15237-7000
May 6, 1998
EDGAR Operations Branch
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Investment Management
450 Fifth Street, Northwest
Washington, DC 20549
RE: FEDERATED TOTAL RETURN SERIES, INC. (the "Trust")
Federated Limited Duration Government Fund
1933 Act File No. 33-50773
1940 Act File No. 811-7115
Dear Sir or Madam:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, the above-named
Trust hereby certifies that the definitive forms of Prospectuses and Statement
of Additional Information, dated March 31, 1998, that would have been filed
under Rule 497(c), do not differ from the forms of Prospectuses and Statement of
Additional Information contained in the most recent Registration Statement for
the Trust. This filing only pertains to one of the Trust's four portfolios,
Federated Limited Duration Government Fund. This Registration Statement was
electronically filed under Rule 485(b) as Post-Effective Amendment No. 14 under
the Securities Act of 1933 and Amendment No. 16 under the Investment Company Act
of 1940 on April 30, 1998.
If you have any questions regarding this certification, please call
Heather M. Aland, Compliance Analyst, at (412) 288-1097.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Anthony R. Bosch
Anthony R. Bosch
Assistant Secretary
