Quote - My opinion? Get a new transmap. The eyelashes that come with V4 suck compared to the V3 eyelashes.

I don't know what happened but somebody made a booboo. They are terrible. I'm very experienced with render settings, have no problems with V3 lashes, but V4 always look bad.

Exactly!!  After hours of frustrating tweaking with the settings, nothing seems to help V4's lashes, but V3 renders are never a problem. I've encountered a few similar "clotting" effects of fine detail with some commercial hair products, and I suspect it's due to the same cause.
Can anyone recommend a good replacement transmap before I'm forced to make my own (he puled in a disgusting whine) ?
And, as always, thanks to all for the help and suggestions!