FEDERATED TOTAL RETURN SERIES, INC.
Federated Investors Funds
5800 Corporate Drive
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15237-7000
August 14, 2000
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 Municipal Ultrashort Fund
1933 Act File No. 33-50773
1940 ACT FILE NO. 811-7115
Dear Sir or Madam:
I hereby request the withdrawal of the filing of July 31, 2000 pursuant to
Rule 485(a), Post-Effective Amendment No. 25 under the Securities Act of 1933
and Amendment No. 21 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 to the
Registration Statement of the above-referenced Trust. The purpose of the filing
was to add a new portfolio to the Trust. The accession number of this filing was
0000912763-00-000008.
I am requesting the withdrawal of the above filing because the new
portfolio has been refiled as a portfolio of another series company.
If you have any questions regarding this filing, please call Lance Carr at
(412) 288-6929.
Very truly yours,
/s/ C. Grant Anderson
C. Grant Anderson
Assistant Secretary
